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TIL that when the mayor of Fucking, Austria was asked if he would change the town’s name, he replied “everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking—and it’s going to stay Fucking.”

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69ERw TIL that the numbering system in India has different words for the powers of ten starting with ten to the fifth, and names every other power from there (seventh, ninth, etc.)
wLdg1 Today I learned that the three rulers of Great Britain , Russia, and Germany, respectively, were first cousins. Additionally, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, King George V of Britain were friends since childhood and were mistaken for each other because they looked so alike.
LkAZV TIL that the Rainbow Tylenol song was made by a furry
woL6o TIL the state of Florida has a Python Elimination Program where they pay by length for individuals to hunt pythons
AaGg TIL before the 1986 All-Star Three point shootout, Larry Bird walked in to the locker room where all the other contestants were getting ready and asked “Which one of you motherfuckers is coming in second?”