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TIL Hotmail was named after HTML and its original logo was ‘HoTMaiL’

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XAGr TIL that noted astronomer Tycho Brahe had a pet moose that loved to drink beer. So much so that one night the moose was so drunk it fell down stairs to its death.
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BrWpr TIL That the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that in order for a boy to achieve manhood they must first ingest the semen of their elders through fellatio. The nearby Kaluli tribe find this barbaric, and instead believe that the semen should be delivered to the boys in the anus.
e0ZE4 TIL Pluto has five known moons. It is considered by many scientists to be a double planet system, because the largest moon, Charon, is so big (half the size of Pluto itself) that the two orbit a spot in between each other instead of Charon just orbiting Pluto like a smaller moon would.