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TIL French was the mother tongue of every English king until Henry IV

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awvaM Pediatricians in the UK have finally answered one of life’s grand riddles: Just how long would it take for a Lego toy accidentally swallowed by someone to gracefully make its way back out? It is approximately 1.71 days.
VB1v0 TIL Hindu Balinese place little baskets of flowers, food, incense and money everywhere as offerings to the gods (Canang Sari) which also serve to feed stray animals
1WQd TIL that two 6-year olds were suspended from school for playing cops and robbers and forming their fingers into an imaginary gun
7rYwZ TIL that Norman Mineta’s baseball bat was confiscated when he was sent to a Japanese American internment camp as a boy. As a Congressman, he was sent a $1500 bat, which he had to send back, as it exceeded a price limit on gifts. He was quoted as saying, “The damn government’s taken my bat again.”
awOoL TIL 3.6. million Japanese celebrate Christmas the “traditional Western way” by eating KFC. The demand is so high that getting the KFC special Christmas dinner requires ordering it weeks in advance.