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TIL in 1719 prisoners in Paris were offered freedom at the condition they would marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.

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R5bx4 TIL that NBC will become the first "Big Three" network to not offer a soap opera in its on-air programming on September 12, 2022, when it will send "Days of Our Lives" exclusively to Peacock. The show has aired nearly every weekday since November 8th, 1965 and has over 14,000 episodes.
woxKo TIL that Austria, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and Switzerland were technically "third world countries", because they were not officially aligned with NATO (first world) or the Warsaw Pact (second world) during the Cold War. The term does not actually have anything to do with quality of life.
P4de TIL, for over 20 years, Cuba has been aiding and treating more than 18,000 children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, for free.
o7kW TIL Batman the Animated Series had a unique drawing style. The animators used light colors on black paper, the complete opposite of the animation industry standard.
dpEK TIL that after its tourism sector boomed, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister thanked Sacha Baron Cohen in 2012 for the release of Borat after the country saw a 10x increase in issued visas.