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grQxL TIL that "chaturanga" (चतुरङ्ग), meaning "four-limbed" in Sanskrit, refers to a yoga position using all four limbs, and also to an ancient precursor to chess whose figurative four limbs were the elephant, chariot, cavalry and infantry pieces that make up the army
KR7J TIL of Here Come the Mummies, a funk band that is rumored to have several Grammy winners among the members. They perform wearing full mummy costumes to keep their identities “under wraps”
78klZ TIL that the Philippines, despite being a former Spanish colony, uses the Portuguese naming convention—where Filipinos usually carry more than 1 first name, their mother's surname (as the middle name), and their father's surname.
0w4R TIL that ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ financially flopped coming in 26th in the box office standings and only became popular due to a copyright debacle allowing it to be played for free on television.
QNPM6 TIL that Austrian actress Eva von Berne was presumed to be dead for 70+ years because a PR consultant at MGM accidentally reported her death in 1930. 96-year-old von Berne said in 2006: "It was fortunate that the world thought that I died. So I did not have to deal with autograph hunters."