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TIL Croissants originated in Austria, not in France. At least as early as the 13th century.

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6PDl TIL in America, a recurring joke in Futurama is that French is a dead language by the 31st century; in the French dub, however, German is the dead language.
X0XMj TIL a wealthy New York family originally made their fortune from a brothel during the gold rush
R5BYl TIL about Yeti Airlines Flight 691, which tragically crashed with no survivors when one pilot, while landing just a few hundred meters from the runway, mistakenly pulled the lever to feather the propellers instead of the one to increase the flap angle.
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