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TIL of Maximilian 1, a 32 year old Austrian noble who was made Emperor of Mexico by France during the American Civil War.

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m14pM TIL after centuries of use in America there was an international effort to ban sign language. Educators from Europe wanted to force the deaf to try to focus on oral communication instead. Linguists rejected American Sign Language as a language until William Stokoe proved it had grammar in the 1960s.
4KQa TIL Gordon Ramsey is going back to Amy’s Baking Company and the episode broadcasts in 1 week.
woMVE TIL that the actors who played Mickey and Minnie Mouse in the 1930s were married in real life
Vwvk TIL The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador recognized nature as an entity with legally enforceable rights, making it the first country in the world to do so.
9wk5D TIL that a common male fertility test, Hamster Egg Penetration Test (HEPT) aka sperm penetration assay, uses hamster ovums in place of human ovums to test sperm’s ability to fertilize an egg.