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TIL New research suggests that extreme weather is the most important cause of poverty.

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BrxMr TiL : A Swedish couple won the right to name their children Metallica, Lego, and Elvis in 2008 due to Swedish naming laws preventing embarrassing names for children, a similar case failed in 1996 when a couple tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albis)
KOo19 TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza built around 2560 BC was the tallest man made structure in the world for over 3,000 years until the building of the Lincoln Cathedral in 1311 AD
byb4 TIL that in 1913, Adolf Hitler, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Tito, Sigmund Freud and Joseph Stalin all lived within a few miles of each other in central Vienna, with some of them being regulars at the same coffeehouses.
5VAZp TIL that the American Rock Band ‘The Postal Service’ was sent a cease and desist letter by the United States Postal Service for trademark infringement of their name. After negotiations, the USPS allowed the band to use their name in exchange for playing a free show at their national conference.
woYX7 TIL that Antarctica is the continent that had the largest desert.