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TIL under French law, 40 percent of all music played on national radio must be performed in the French language.

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gr0b4 TIL In 1910, a Spanish shepherd named José María Grimaldos López disappeared. Two men, León Sánchez and Gregorio Valero, confessed to his murder under torture and spent 12 years in prison. In 1926, Lopez returned home, alive and well. He had been living in a village 70 miles away the entire time.
N8MJ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
boLa TIL that in order to apply for a job with Apple you are required to sign in using your Apple ID.
859Z TIL Neil Simon wrote an intentionally bad Broadway play because his ex-wife was entitled to the profits as per their divorce agreement.
V1mk TIL not a single engineer survived the Titanic sinking. They stayed on board in an effort to give others the chance to escape