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TIL A couple named their child Dovahkiin (Dragonborn) and received a lifetime of free Bethesda games

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JYM54 TIL that the Babylonians created the 7 day week because there are 7 celestial bodies visible to the naked eye (The Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn).
p8rK8 TIL about "Brazilian Schindler"; Souza Dantas, an ambassador from Brazil in nazi-occupied France in 1940's, risked his life giving visas to hundreds of jews and others. Against the will of the Brazilian government at the time, he saved around 800 people from certain death.
a8LQo TIL that for 50 years between 1973 and 2023 no former democrat president died
BgKMD TIL Flossie, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living cat at 29 years old, is deaf and has limited eyesight. 1995 to now