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TIL Mozambique is named after a person: Mossa Al Bique (an Arab trader)

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KOx0J TIL - professional cutmen in professional fighting make upwards of 15% of the fighters purse and many are worth millions.
Rj47 TIL: John Moses Browning not only designed the M1911 handgun, but also the M2 50 caliber machine gun, the BAR automatic rifle, the 1887 lever action shotgun, the Auto 5 semi-auto shotgun, the Winchester 1894 lever action rifle, and many other designs and calibers.
wLxbW TIL NBA player Ricky Davis received the nickname "Wrong Rim Ricky" in Cleveland. Davis was one rebound short of a triple double, when he deliberately tossed an inbound pass off his own rim & caught it in attempt to receive credit for a rebound, but shots taken at one's own basket do not count
Oo0ea TIL video game producer Sucker Punch's name came when the co-founder showed his wife a selection of names, to which she did not care "as long as it's not Sucker Punch". He considered the opinion of a middle-aged woman to be the opposite than the demographic of their games, so he chose it
jNbrN TIL Lego copied their interlocking brick system from a British psychologist in 1940, and have failed to trademark it several times since.