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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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xVE50 Today I learned that there is a German band called Compressor Head composed entirely of Robots, who actually play the instruments.
W7R9d TIL of the Ngatik massacre, where almost the entire male population of an island was murdered for Tortoise shells and left a massive linguistic mark in the region.
6XBm TIL that the Canadian Football League has existed since 1909, and for the first three a university team beat three professionals to get the championship.
Bjr TIL that the novelist Stephen King said that Professor Umbridge from the Harry Potter series is the “greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter.”
Me680 TIL Damon Wayans was a guest star in the shows Happy Together (episode title, "Like Father, Like Son" and Happy Endings (episode title, "Like Father, Like Gun"), both times playing the father of his real son, Damon Wayans Jr.