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TIL that France has inheritance laws that automatically give a significant portion of inheritance to each child and children cannot be disowned in the will

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EgJjW TIL a pizza delivery driver in 2022, Nick Bostic, received the Carnegie Medal. The award is given throughout the U.S. and Canada to those who enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. The medal is North America's highest honor for civilian heroism.
b6jYZ TIL three neighbors had to carry 99 year old actor Dick Van Dyke to safety after he was found crawling to his car trying to evacuate the Palisades Fire last December
46Do TIL the walking-into-the-room-and-forgetting-why-you’re-there feeling is due to your brains way of categorizing memories.
wrX8 TIL when the Beatles wrote the song “With a Little Help from My Friends”, the first line ended with ‘What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would You Throw Ripe Tomatoes at Me?’, but Ringo changed it so that fans would not throw tomatoes at him should he perform it live.
D1D4Y TIL a woman named Penny Ann Early played in a game in the ABA, the NBA's rival league that they eventually merged with in 1976.