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TIL that the pseudo-historical Frankish king Clovis’ name is derived from the Germanic "Hlodowig" meaning "Famous Warrior", which in turn has descendants such as Louis and Ludwig

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N7KaP TIL in 2014, Winnie the Pooh was banned from Polish playgrounds for being a 'inappropriate hermaphrodite' because he wears a shirt but no pants.
oBAB7 TIL: From 1919 to 1969, college home economics programs in the US would rent babies from orphanages for young women to practice mothering
jNZ8a TIL in 2003 a high school football player set a new record for career passing yardage; he later found out that both teams' coaches had conspired in his last game to ensure he'd beat the record, and he requested that the yardage from that game be expunged from his record, relinquishing the record
aw9No TIL 26% of the current population was born during or after 2004
OovmL TIL Horses in Iceland are Half-Wild, Half-Tame. In the summer, farmers herd them into the highlands, where they live without human care for months.