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78k1Z TIL "Xerxes" is the Greek rendering of the Old Persian "Xšaya-ṛšā," with the modern Persian "Khashayar" still being an occasional Iranian male name
wL91P TIL that the ceremonial handguns carried by Sentinel NCOs at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are highly unique and customized SIG SAUER M17s of which 4 exist. Made with nods to history such as grips made from wood off the USS Olympia, the ship that transported the original Unknown back in 1921.
eaE5 TIL in Japanese mythology, if an umbrella is left alone long enough it becomes a one-eyed, one-legged hopping demon known as Kasa-Obake
nW5w9 TIL about a 1980 oil drilling disaster in Louisiana that drained the state's largest freshwater lake into a salt mine
kJ5e TIL The U.S. briefly banned sliced bread in 1943