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TIL that ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, isn’t called IOS because every language has a different abbreviation, so they made a reference to the greek word “isos”, which means “equal”.

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lo0ea TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger pays Warner Brothers $1 a year to borrow his Mr Freeze costume from Batman and Robin. Also, the lights on the costume last 9,000 hours.
WkDn8 TIL of Lloyd Scott, a former footballer who, in 2002, completed the London Marathon while wearing a 130lb (59kg) deep sea diving suit. Finishing the entire race took him five days, eight hours, 29 minutes and 46 seconds.
1aZ0X TIL During WW2, USSR lost more soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad than USA during the complete war
XOk8 TIL that Mr. Rogers weighed himself in every day at 143 pounds for the last 30 years of his life. He found beauty in the number because there is 1 letter in the word “I,” 4 letters in the word “love,” and 3 letters in the word “you.” “I love you.”
e0jBD TIL Palmerston island is one of the most isolated communities in the world, it is visited by a supply ship only twice a year and most of its inhabitants (about 70) are descended from one person who arrived there 150 years ago