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TIL referring to the Netherlands as “Holland” is seen as insulting by many Dutch people, as it’s actually just the name one of the provinces.

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nD59 TIL of Kim Ung-Yong, a South Korean man who was a guest student at a university at the age of 3, was invited by NASA to conduct research at 8, and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at 15. He also has the highest IQ ever recorded in history.
KAyw TIL Anthony Hopkins was only on screen for 16 minutes in ‘Silence of the Lambs’
6Q4Q TIL there is a site very much like eBay, except you buy and sell souls.
OG7oX TIL in 2014 a woman on an Icelandic bus tour left the group to go change clothes. When she returned she helped look for a missing woman. Eventually the searching woman realized it was her they were looking for. She wasn’t recognized in her new outfit, leading to the search.
epRwE TIL that Pixar originated in 1974 as a university lab that tried to make a computer-generated film. Realizing that computers weren’t good enough, the lab workers joined the film industry, made special effects and sold software and hardware until technology in the early 90s let them make “Toy Story.”