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TIL The “X” in X-Ray was just a random letter because Wilhelm Roentgen didn’t know what it was.

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4Y85 TIL the international data code for Switzerland is CH, which stands for Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name for the country. Switzerland chose this code to avoid favouring any of their four official languages.
KYY9J TIL Andre 3000 will on occasion assume an alias when producing music, one of these names being Dookieblossumgame III.
E1Bpo TIL the city of Novosibirsk was nicknamed "the Chicago of Siberia" due to its very rapid growth as an industrial centre located relatively far away from the core of its country's population.
4vBo TIL in 1968 Kim Il Sung sent 31 commandos to South Korea to try and assassinate the president. After they infiltrated the border they stumbled on two brothers chopping firewood. They decided to indoctrinate them about the benefits of communism and release them. The brothers notified the police
78eZP TIL point Nemo, the most remote location on earth, is a space debris grave yard. satellites, rocket parts and space stations are sent here when they crash down to earth.