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TIL private and commercial paternity tests are banned in France. Paternity tests may only be conducted by order of a judge typically to assess criminal guilt or involvement.

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KYr4 TIL That a team of escaped Polish pilots, Squadron 303, claimed the highest number of kills of any Allied Squadron in WWII: they were only 5% of the active pilots in the Battle of Britain but were responsible for 12% of total victories.
a8JRZ TIL Disney World in Florida, USA contains a critical corridor that wildlife like Florida panthers use to travel across central Florida. Though construction blocked wildlife, Walt Disney had designed a corridor going through the park which remains today.
woERP TIL since 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute is offering a prize of 1 million dollars to the person that can prove the Riemann Hypothesis. No one has been able to prove it since it was formulated by Bernhard Riemann in 1860.
7rkrx TIL despite being synonymous with Italian cuisine, tomatoes were not incorporated into the Italian diet until the late 17th or early 18th century. The earliest mention of a tomato in Italy was in 1548, but the view was that they "were to be sought only for their beauty"
jNBoE TIL that on December 16, 1965, NASA received a prank transmission from two astronauts: "We have an object, probably in polar orbit... I see a command Module and and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit." They then started playing, "Jingle Bells".