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

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EwrV TIL Canada was almost invaded in 1873 by an army of angry Minnesotans
R7G4a TIL about Gary Young, who amassed a fortune originating the essential oils craze. Claimed he could cure cancer and died of cancer.
d8RVQ TIL about a ‘No Kids Zone’ coffee shop in South Korea where moms with children are denied entry.
ndpB TIL: When an F18 is catapulted from its carrier, the pilot doesn’t actually take the controls. The acceleration is so brisk that the pilot would pitch down thinking that the nose was to high and crash into the ocean. They instead just hold handle they call the “towel rail”
dDXyQ TIL that anti ligature coat hooks exists and death by coat hanger is a big enough problem for this solution to exist.