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TIL: MIT claims to have found a “language universal” that ties all languages together

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NXy96 TIL that by his second marriage, Napoleon became the great-nephew-in-law of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
4k005 TIL that Canadian wheat flour from Manitoba is prized in Italy, and is preferred for Neapolitan Pizza.
g4x7 Til the Malaysian government banned the movie ‘Schindlers list’ as the filmed was deemed “propaganda with the purpose of asking for sympathy.”
J1REB TIL the U.S. claims 4 disputed territories (against Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, and Marshall Islands), claims 5 inhabited territories, and 7 uninhabited territories. Residents are either non-citizen U.S. nationals or U.S. citizens with lesser rights.
Oo4KR TIL in 1998 Mila Kunis was cast in the FOX sitcom That '70s Show. All who auditioned were required to be at least 18 years old; Kunis, who was 14 at the time, told the casting directors she would be 18 but did not say when. She played in all 200 episodes of the show.