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TIL that Victoria's Secret was named in reference to Queen Victoria and the associated refinement of the Victorian era, while the "secret" was hidden underneath the clothes.

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N7VwP TIL that Washingtonians live farther north than half of all Canadians
M7Ylm TIL that Genghis Khan strategically married his daughters to allied kings, sending the sons-in-law to fight in Mongol campaigns. As many of them died in battle, his daughters took control, effectively ruling those nations.
LkZ6m TIL the English voice actors who played Spike and Julia in Cowboy Bebop married each other.
xvWB TIL 7000 people die annually due to Pharmacists misreading doctors’ handwriting and, as a result, give the wrong medicine to patients
XER16 TIL that Mozart was among the top income earners of society back in his day and lived lavishly, earning about 10,000 florins/yr vs 25 fl/yr for laborers and ~500 for some in the upper class. He was also not buried in a pauper’s grave, just that only Aristocrats were allowed to have private burials.