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TIL There is an app for Icelandic natives that allows them to make sure they aren’t about to bang a relative

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VMPpp TIL of the Scholomance, a school of black magic located in Romania. According to legend, the teacher of the school was the Devil. Upon graduation, the Devil would select one of the students to be the Weathermaker, a dragon rider responsible for controlling the weather.
R7j89 TIL of Leona Helmsley, one of New York's richest women who was described as a tyrannical boss that fired people for the slightest mistakes. She left a $12 million dollar inheritance to her dog while cutting out her grandchildren from the will.
j6P7a TIL that an irrational number is called "irRATIOnal" because it cannot be expressed as a RATIO. This is probably the stupidest TIL ever, but for decades I just thought a number was called irrational because it had a never-ending decimal that did not behave in a predictable, explicable way.
wQGo TIL Aristarcus of Samos became the first to suggest the idea that the Sun was the center of the known Universe in 300 BC. It was subsequently quickly forgotten.
QD9 TIL that beginning at age 12 Spartan male children were starved on purpose so they would steal, but if they were caught they were severely punished.