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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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x6Xab TIL The Catholic Church reclassified beavers as fish so Catholics could eat them during Lent. They also reclassified capybaras for dietary purposes.
OEJL TIL that the last episode of Angry Beavers never aired because the voice actors broke two of Nickelodeon’s rules:that a show doesn’t acknowledge an episode is the last episode, and the other rule being a show doesn’t break the fourth wall
Agda TIL Mountain Dew’s first slogan was, “Ya-Hoo Mountain Dew. It’ll tickle your innards.”
D1oVJ TIL that Malaria killed ~10k troops in the US Civil War
PMgg TIL that more people fatally overdose on prescription drugs than on street drugs