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TIL the ancient Greek writer Demosthenes would shave half his head to ensure he looked so idiotic that he would stay home and work.

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N7l1b TIL. Children in Iceland are not allowed to have names with the letter "C" in them. All names must conform to rules of Icelandic language, which does not have the letter "C"
LkDLp TIL Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomist who discovered Pluto, had his ashes placed on the New Horizons spacecraft, which flew to Pluto in 2006.
KYPa TIL that Mars has a flag, however it is not official in any legal sense, as the Outer Space Treaty forbids the appropriation of celestial bodies by any means
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