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TIL in Germany the name of a child must indicate the gender of the child and not negatively affect the well being of the child.

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jgLN TIL that phones sold in Japan permanently have the shutter sound turned on so as to deter up-skirt photography
Y5ZZ TIL Foreign diplomats who rent property in the U.S. cannot be legally obligated to pay the rent, and the landlords are forbidden from entering the property at all. Some diplomatic missions have run up $1 million in back rent.
R7Yjw TIL the last postmaster general of USPS was Megan Brennan, the first woman to assume the position. She started out as a postal carrier and rose through the ranks working continuously until a brief hiatus when she was getting her MBA from MIT.
LQdWd TIL the Earth’s tallest waterfall is actually underwater in the ocean
YpDoA TIL in 2016 New Zealand announced its plan to eliminate rats, possums, and stoats in the whole country by 2050 to protect the country's endangered flightless birds including kakapos.