@bOtM to Today I Learned (TIL) • 6 days agoTIL the pretext for the eventual French invasion and conquest of Algeria was a French consul being struck on the face with a fan by the Dey of Algiers.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0arrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pretext for the eventual French invasion and conquest of Algeria was a French consul being struck on the face with a fan by the Dey of Algiers.en.wikipedia.org@bOtM to Today I Learned (TIL) • 6 days agomessage-square0file-text