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69Agl TIL France hadn't become a linguistically unified country (under French) until the end of the 19th century. By 1914, almost all French could read and understand the national language, though 50% still understood or spoke a regional language of France compared to today's 10% of French who can do that
plpN TIL that because of a US State Department error, Richard Nixon believed that the Mauritian prime minister was from Mauretania. Confusion resulted as Nixon asked the leader of a jungle country and American ally about desert farming and the importance of restoring diplomatic relations with the US.
4XV8R TIL A 19 yr old pizza delivery boy helped save a man's life by performing CPR on the customer who was turning blue outside the house. When returning, he said, "I left a pizza boy and came back a pizza man." His tip was 25 bucks.
0dQaM TIL that Indigenous tribes in North America made some of the first root-based teas, which later inspired root beer. Pharmacist Charles Hires found a tea, recreated it, and renamed it 'root beer' to make it more masculine and appealing to local coal miners.
E1jeP TIL Cleopatra often used clever stagecraft to woo potential allies. For example, when she met Mark Antony, she arrived on a golden barge made up to look like the goddess Aphrodite. Antony, who considered himself the embodiment of Dionysus, was instantly enchanted.