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TIL of ‘Shturmovshchina’—a Russian term for working frantically to meet a deadline after having not done anything for a month.

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rRwyy TIL - When Icelandic people are born they do not take the same last name of their parents. Instead they take their fathers first name and add "son" (son) if you are a boy, or "dottir" (daughter) if you are a girl, to create their last name.
d8lOK TIL Courtroom drawing as we know it in the United States was born in response to the 1935 media circus over the kidnapping and killing of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son. The American Bar Association put forth a ban on cameras—leaving news outlets to seek alternate means of coverage.
YpZoZ TIL about Mr. Big, a police technique where a suspect is lured into a fake criminal gang they are persuaded to divulge information about their criminal history as a prerequisite for being accepted as a full member of the organization.
xVjog TIL that when they tried to book a phone call from the President to inform Sgt Dakota Meyer that he had been approved for the Medal of Honor, White House staff were told he was working a construction job and to call back during his lunch hour.
d8x6Q TIL in 2003 a computer worm called ‘Welchia’ infected many computers to forcibly patch vulnerabilities and remove malware. It was regarded as a ‘helpful worm’