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TIL a French court barred a family from naming their daughter "Nutella" and ordered that she be legally recognized as "Ella" . The judge justified the decision by stating that the name "Nutella" would inevitably subject the child to ridicule and criticism...

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N7odJ TIL that during the mid-20th century, the leading British neurologist was a man named Russell Brain.
neJB9 TIL in January 1968 a US bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed into an ice sheet in Greenland. Only three of the bombs were found, one still remains missing.
GYJ4N TIL that 'figure skating' is named after a requirement that skaters draw figures in the ice, such as loops, figure-8s, and swirls, called "compulsory figures". Once making up the majority of a skater's score, figures were slowly reduced and eventually eliminated from competition entirely by 1990.
adY0 TIL an Iraqi informant single-handedly provided enough testimony about WMD’s between 1999-2001 to help justify the war in Iraq (2003-2011). An investigation in 2005 found he was crazy, out of control, a congenital liar, and an alcoholic. He later admitted he made it all up to be granted asylum.
LkDXr TIL: That none of the three "suicide squad divers" in Chernobyl died from acute radiation syndrome (ARS). As of 2015, it was reported that both Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bespalov were alive and well. Boris Baranov, passed away in 2005 of a heart attack.