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TIL Vladimir is a masculine name of Slavic origin, meaning “to rule with greatness,” “peaceful ruler,” and “ruler of the world".

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5YVkp TIL: The term "Patient Zero" was a misunderstanding. It referred to a Canadian man named Gaëtan Dugas, who was linked to the AIDS epidemic in the '70s. He was a flight attendant that scientists dubbed "Patient O, the outside-of-California case". The O was later misinterpreted as the number 0.

R79QQ TIL: The Clarendon Library in Oxford has a clock that has been powered by the same batteries since 1840. To date its bells have rung over 10 Billion times.

GwwQ TIL Astronaut John Glenn and his wife have been married for 72 years. They are 94 and 95 respectively.

1RVD TIL due to the popularity of the Beatles song, “Penny Lane” street signs in Liverpool were so often stolen, local authorities got tired of replacing them and began painting the street’s name onto the sides of buildings.

OG8Ka TIL that Maritime silk road is the first inter-continental trade route by Austronesian from 3000 BC spanning from China, India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. As opposed of the famous Silk Road from 100 BC spanning from China to Europe. Making it Austronesian age of discovery