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TIL Erik the Red (Exiled from Iceland) named Greenland to make it sound more appealing and attract settlers to build a community.

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Vk8Z TIL that the name 7-Up was derived from the atomic mass of Lithium: 7; it contained a compound called Lithium Citrate that alleviates depression and stabilizes mood. This was removed from the formula around 1950.
Lkon0 TIL the CIA actively helped Indonesian dictator Suharto massacre an estimated 1 million suspected Communist Party sympathizers in 1965, providing training, mass media suppression, and lists of individuals whom they later acknowledged as being innocent.
LkrPv TIL that the popular song, "The Gal From Ipanema", is about a woman named Helo Pinheiro, who still lives in Rio de Janeiro.
BrKQk TIL for 20 years, the wooden pieces for every Scrabble set in North America were manufactured in Fairfax, Vermont. FYI, in the US, the standard Scrabble sets had wooden tiles, and the deluxe ones had plastic, but in Europe, it was the other way around.
DewP TIL that Chinese prisoners are forced to farm World of Warcraft gold - there are thought to be 100,000 full-time gold farmers in the country.