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TIL the Russian forename Vladimir/Wladimir is commonly translated as “World Peace”.

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MexOb TIL that silly string has military usage in the detection of tripwires. The string would settle onto the ground in areas without tripwires, but catch on to any that is present. The silly string reveals the wire, but it will not set it off due to its light weight.
YnDZ TIL While under contract to play James Bond, Pierce Brosnan wasn’t allowed to wear a tuxedo in any non-Bond film.
N7LY6 TIL that a Dutch scientist is working with other scientists to create glow-in-the-dark trees in hopes to use them as streetlights
M74Em TIL about Ruritanian romance, a genre of literature, film Etc. with stories set in a fictional country, usually in the Balkan, Central or Eastern Europe. Used f.ex. in 'Prisoner of Zelda', 'Duck Soup', 'Pale fire', 'King in New York', 'Castle of Cagliostro', 'Grand Budapest Hotel'.
PYmpV TIL of The World Islands located 2.5 miles off the coast of Dubai in the Persian Gulf. The 300 artificial islands range from 150,000 to 450,000 sq. ft. in area & consist of 321 million cubic metres of sand & 386 million tons of rock.