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TIL the capital city of Palau - Ngerulmud - has an official population of 0. It is literally just the government building.

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dDrnB TIL people say "Jesus H Christ" probably because English commoners read the insignia of the first three letters of Jesus's name in Greek ΙΗΣ as JHC and misheard the Lords payer as "Harold be thy name" and thought Harold was Jesus's middle name and Christ his last.
4XDvb TIL: The fastest R/C airplanes in the world are gliders that can exceed 500MPH and 120 G's powered only by the wind.
YreG TIL Stethoscope was invented because the shy French doctor felt uncomfortable placing his face on a younger woman’s chest.
ZGLo TIL Jimmy Carter’s beer-chugging redneck younger brother Billy licensed his name to a beer brand in 1977. “Billy Beer” failed spectacularly because it was so awful. Billy said it was the reason he quit drinking.
Eg550 TIL that during World War 1, Belgian pilot Willy Coppens came under fire from an enemy observation ballon during an attack run. In response he landed his plane on top of the ballon and turned off his engine. When the ballon descended he slid off and flew away.