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TIL Leonardo DiCaprio was given his name because, during his mother's pregnancy, she was observing a Leonardo da Vinci painting in an Italian museum when DiCaprio first kicked.

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wbOJ TIL that the Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently
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