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TIL: In 2021 someone in Iceland applied to name their child Aquamann, however this was rejected by the Personal Naming Committee

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xVvL0 TIL Francis Coppola was worried his film Apocalypse Now would be a box office flop and could bankrupt him, so he decided to quickly make a happy musical to recoup his losses. In the end Apocalypse Now was a success, but the happy musical (One From the Heart) was a disaster and bankrupted him anyway
rgo4 TIL When Julius Caesar landed in Africa, he tripped and fell on his face. This would have been considered a fatal omen by his army, but instead, he shouted: “Africa, I have tight hold of you!”. The expedition proved a success.
OoAgY TIL The Kiwi fruit is not from New Zealand, it’s from China. It was the New Zealand farmers who named it Kiwi fruit so they could market it.
EaMp TIL that Detective Pryzbylewski was the only officer in the Series “The Wire” to discharge a firearm in the shows entirety
66AW TIL that Microsoft has a patent that allows the Kinect (and other video devices) to count the number of people in the room and stop playback if there are too many viewers. (Link to patent.)