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TIL april fool started when france switched from julian to gregorian calendar , and people who were slow to recognize January 1 as new year celebrated April 1 as new year became the day of jokes and swindle.

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j7DN TIL the Swedish King is dyslexic and as such many make fun of him by calling him “Knugen” instead of “Kungen.” Kungen is Swedish for King.
OGJ9X TIL that Lensey Namioka, born in China, has a name that cannot be written in Chinese. Her linguist father found two Chinese syllables, "len" and "sey", that aren't used in words so don't have Chinese characters. He named his next daughter "Lensey"; she is the only known person with the name.
lGVG TIL that in 2005, Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, and Pixar started a coordinated effort to push down their workers’ wages
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0wYZA TIL that in 2013 "The Looney Tunes Show" established that "Yosemite Sam's" full name is Samuel Michelangelo Rosenbaum.