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TIL that the name "Lucifer" means "bearer of Light". it is banned in New Zealand and in Germany, a couple wasn't allowed to use the name due to it's connotation with Satan and evil. While in USA, a record 13 baby boys were named this in 2016.

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kOrLg TIL Hachikō the Akita dog became famous in the 1920s for meeting his master every day at a railway station. He continued to make the journey nine years after his owner's death, and is held up in Japanese culture as an example of loyalty and fidelity.
e0JQ4 TIL King Tutankhamun owned a collection of boomerangs.
e6vD TIL in 1965 Honeywell tried to sell a $10,000 ($75,000 is today’s dolars) “Kitchen Computer” with a built in cutting board. It included a two week course in how to use it. They sold NONE.
EV0p TIL Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
6DlZ TIL that after German courts found insufficient evidence against his daughter’s killer, a dad hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” Hegot 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.