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TIL: We don’t actually know who named Earth.

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9ZrG TIL: It is illegal to boil Lobsters alive in New Zealand.
6Pwl TIL that MI6 British intelligence hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.
ValB TIL just the stress of being poor is enough to lower someone’s intelligence from average to borderline mentally deficient and reduce their IQ score by 14 points on average.
VBOx4 TIL Coca Cola released a German advert celebrating the 75th anniversary of Fanta’s 1940 founding in Nazi Germany. Before it got pulled, it stated it wanted to “bring the feeling of the good old times back.”
16g14 TIL about state adjutants general, who are the commanders of their state's military forces. They are appointed by the Governor in all states and territories that have them (the CMNI and AS doesn't), except for DC where POTUS appoints, and Vermont whose General Assembly elects for a 2-year term.