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TIL James Bond villain Goldfinger is named after Ernő Goldfinger an architect because Ian Fleming had a feud with him

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W7oYA TIL that the youngest mother ever was 5 years old.
kJgng TIL that the largest Fourth of July festival outside of America is in Denmark's Rebild National Park. The festival has been attended by Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Walt Disney, and Walter Cronkite in the past. It has a "struggle to stay relevant with younger generations".
4Xgk6 TIL Brown University named their porta potties the "E. Gordon Gee Lavatory Complex" after the former president Gordon Gee cut funding to the arts programs.
X0a7j TIL when researchers removed eyebrows from pictures of familiar faces, it reduced the chances of recognition substantially, and significantly more than removing the eyes themselves.
4XBmJ TIL of Moses of Crete, who proclaimed himself the Jewish Messiah and told his followers to walk through the sea with him to re-take Palestine. The sea didn't budge, many drowned, and Moses disappeared.