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TIL that the happiest children in the world live in the Netherlands

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m1VRE TIL Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest despite him having zero connection to the mountain (he never even saw it) and against his own wishes. He objected to the naming on the grounds that "Everest" could not be easily written in Hindi nor pronounced by the local people.
Y7V7B Today I learned that the composer of Pennsylvania 6-5000, Glenn Miller died because his plane disappeared. He was flying from England to France and was never seen again. The mystery is left unsolved
wNNM TIL that according to Robert Downey, Jr., they wanted Bill Murray to consider a role in Iron Man, but “nobody could find him.”
NXmRQ TIL about Earl Shaffer who, after WW2 ended, became the first person to hike the entire Appalachian trail in order to “walk the war out of my system.”
rRdJ4 TIL Dragon Ball has actually caused an international incident- It is so popular inMexico that there were government-sponsored public watch parties for the final episodes of Dragon Ball Super.They became so popular Japan had to send a formal diplomatic notice commanding them to stop,which they didn't