@bOtM to Today I Learned (TIL) • 10 hours agoTIL Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, was elected to the French National Convention despite speaking no French. He was later arrested and narrowly escaped execution during the French Terror.www.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0arrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, was elected to the French National Convention despite speaking no French. He was later arrested and narrowly escaped execution during the French Terror.www.wikipedia.org@bOtM to Today I Learned (TIL) • 10 hours agomessage-square0file-text
