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TIL that Ecuador is named after being on the equator and is in fact the only country in the world named after a geographical feature

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GYWjg TIL the dog name Fido was popularized by Abraham Lincoln’s good boy.
Bgwny TIL there is a UN space treaty that governs stuff like no nation can build a military base on a planet
KpxR TIL that David Rockefeller, the great grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, at age 101 has recieved 7 heart transplants in his lifetime. More than anyone else alive.
v16QB TIL that European beavers are faithful to one another but American beavers regularly cheat on each other
l77EG TIL Babe Ruth spent his youth in a reformatory school called St. Mary's until age 19 (circa 1913) when he got a job at the school paying $100 per month, which is over $2900 per month adjusted for inflation