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TIL Hamburgers got their name because they originated in Hamburg, Germany

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N7xwM TIL about an actual "Sleeping Beauty" in that there's a 99 year old (100 this coming December) perfectly preserved body of a 1 year old, named Rosalia Lombardo. She died of Pneumonia in 1920 & filled with grief, her father enlisted Alfredo Salafia to embalm her body so she can be preserved forever.
xVD17 TIL Pablo Picasso's grandson, Olivier, never knew his grandfather but has written two books about the artist “to set the record straight about rumors and legends and truths". Trained in law, Olivier brokered a deal with French carmaker Citroën to make a signature Picasso automobile
5xJB TIL that on average Greeks work for more hours than any other nationality in Europe.
nWpmo TIL that a basketball player, Boban Janković, frustrated with his fifth foul, slammed his head into a padded concrete post, leaving him unable to walk for the rest of his life.
npKo TIL A 20 year old spent six months looking for the person who killed his online character in a virtual knife fight, found him living a few miles away, and stabbed him in the chest.