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TIL in 2000, Sonny Sandoval, lead singer of Nu Metal group POD, was responsible for the increased popularity of the name “Nevaeh” which is “Heaven” spelled backwards.

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kLg TIL there’s a bridge in Norway built from Leonardo De Vinci’s drawings 500 years earlier.
DQw9Y TIL:A study by the University of Chicago found that laughing gas is useful in treating depression, with the same effects as ketamine therapy in low doses. Subjects were divided into 3 groups, high dose, low dose, and placebo. High dose led to more side effects and low dose made them sleepy.
aPaL TIL when Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of Schindler’s List, Williams was so moved he had to take a walk outside to collect himself. Upon his return, Williams told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, “I know, but they’re all dead.”
nWN8r TIL about the Shreveport Rate Case, a SCOTUS case that allowed the federal government to regulate intrastate commerce when it is needed to regulate interstate commerce. It was brought against an interstate railway that charged shipping rates that favored Texan cities, a policy mandated by the state.
VBpn0 TIL Anthony Bourdain never filmed a show in Switzerland, because the country gave him the willies.