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TIL that the founder of Renault was imprisoned for collaborating with the Nazis and died under unknown circumstances after Paris' liberation.

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5V0d9 TIL the voice actress for the character Eva in the 2004 video game 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater' was credited under the pseudonym Suzetta Miñet and it was only revealed yesterday, 2 decades after the game's release, that the VA was actually Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid
WklYo TIL: The original, unratified, 13th amendment to the US Constitution would have stripped US citizenship from any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from an "emperor, king, prince or foreign power."
DQ7rj TIL Nixon’s “ I am not a crook” speech happened at Disney World
yVoae TIL The Australian Parliament can't legally operate without a ceremonial mace, representing the monarch's authority, being present. In 1914 a member of parliament hid the mace and it was not found for two hours, and police were called in as it was assumed to have been stolen.
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