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TIL Aqua Teen Hunger Force caused a bomb scare in 3 different cities, including Boston

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awL10 TIL That many Dutch people have ridiculous names (Poepjes = little shit, Borst = breast, Naaktgeboren = born naked) because they didn't use last names until Napoleon invaded, and the Dutch didn't take the French seriously. So they registered stupid names as a joke - but they stuck!
v6aj TIL the U.S. sells more weapons to Pakistan than it sells to Britain or South Korea
exWD TIL that William the Conqueror introduced a custom to UK. According to this custom, people would leave their homes and move to a summer home to aid the grape harvest. Due to the act of vacating their usual home, this custom was given the name: vacation.
awlZJ TIL The first movie ever released on DVD was Twister
d8V8Z TIL The PS2 game, Katamari Damacy, holds a US patent for "how the game maintains the roughly spherical nature of the katamari when objects are picked up".