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TIL almonds, cashew, walnuts, pecans, macadamia nuts, and brazil nuts are not true nuts

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b95G7 TIL During the May 1968 protests in France, the government came so close to collapsing that Charles de Gaulle fled the country while officials began burning documents, obtaining fake IDs, and planning their escapes. The prime minister was offered a gun with the advice, "You will need it."
xlbb TIL that in 1931 people in Cameroon collected money to send to the “starving Americans”. All together they collected $3.77.
QmG6 TIL North Korea appears pitch black at night based on NASA satellite images. Entire streets shut down, and people go to bed early with nothing else to do in the darkness. South Korea use 10,162 kilowatt hours per person a year compared to North Korea who only use 739.
KvMJ TIL that you DON’T have a right to a public defender unless you prove to the court that you are dirt poor. They will force you to sell your stuff to pay for a lawyer before they will appoint you one.
4WVN TIL a small town in Minnesota declared war on the United States.