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TIL in Sweden parents planning to name a baby must get the approval of the government, submitting the proposed name of a child within three months of birth

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VMlgQ TIL That a Chinese author based some of the murders in his books on ones he’s committed years earlier. Liu Yongbiao was convicted last year of killing four people in 1994. He’d also boasted of planning a book about a murderous author that bested capture and escaped authorities.
KOo09 TIL that, if we measure the height of moutain from the center of the Earth (which is the same for everybody) and not from sea-level (which is fluctuating and sometimes, hard to calculate), the highest peak on Earth is the Chimporazo Volcano in Chile.
mAPO TIL: A North Korean official was executed using a flamethrower.
699lX TIL that Potatoes had 'Fruits' - and they are highly poisonous
x6ej7 TIL in 1965 U.S. Patent was issued for the "Blonsky Device" It was a centrifugal birthing table. A woman in labor was strapped to a high speed spinning table that would "gently force the baby out."