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TIL the name "Fannie Mae" comes from the abbreviation for Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

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b9Bk9 TIL Bobby Fischer never saw the film bearing his name and strongly complained that it was an invasion of his privacy by using his name without his permission. Fischer never received any compensation from the film, calling it "a monumental swindle".
4kam5 TIL The movie Footloose, which is about a town where dancing is prohibited, is inspired from a real town, Elmore City, Oklahoma. The ban started before statehood, and high-schoolers petitioned in 1980 to be able to dance at prom
rR7o4 TIL about Crimson Contagion. A simulation from January to August 2019 that tested the capacity of the U.S. federal government. The exercise involves a scenario in which tourists returning from China spread a respiratory virus in the United States.
0w9Oj TIL that most cheeses are not vegetarian because they contain an ingredient (rennet) that is usually made from animal stomachs.
Oook4 TIL not only is there a full taxidermed whale in a Swedish museum, but a couple was once caught having sex inside