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1aa5V TIL the name Vanessa was invented by Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, whom he tutored. The name was created by taking "Van" from Vanhomrigh and "Essa" from a pet form of Esther.
e0v14 TIL that the name of Monaco, the second-smallest and wealthiest country in the world, comes from the Greek "μόνοικος", "single house", which bears the sense of a people either settled in a "single habitation" or of "living apart" from others
aw9GZ TIL that Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have banned billboard advertising.
nWwdo TIL You would need at least 22 Unigintillion universes to fit all the possible humans the size of an atom.
oBdNR TIL Camels originated in North America and crossed the Bering land bridge to Asia.