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TIL Bill Clinton, because of his Irish heritage, and his birth in Arkansas (a former French territory), is eligible to run for president in both Ireland and France.

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KOxxw TIL when he was in fourth grade, Bill Watterson wrote to Charles Schulz, the creator of “Peanuts”, expressing his desire to become a professional cartoonist. Much to the young boy’s surprise, the cartoonist responded, encouraging Watterson to go on to create “Calvin and Hobbes.”
RZQ6 TIL in 1915 a group of 112 Belgian prisoners asked the German commandant permission to organize a bike race. Under strict rules and heavy oversight, the racers escaped from Belgium simply by continuing after they crossed the finish line.
woeaE TIL The first (UAV) unmanned, remote controlled, video camera guided aircraft assault drone was built in 1942
L5GQ TIL on May 8, 1902, just before Mt Pelée erupted and killed all but 3 of the inhabitants of Martinique, an Italian boat Captain warned local authorities, “I know nothing about Mount Pelée, but if Vesuvius were looking the way your volcano looks this morning, I’d get out of Naples.”
p8PZ8 TIL a 2003 heatwave killed over 70,000 people across Europe including 14,000 in France alone.