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TIL that in Brazil in 2018, the most popular baby names were all double-barrelled: Enzo Gabriel, João Miguel, and Pedro Henrique for boys; Maria Eduarda, Maria Clara, and Maria Cecilia for girls

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9YjL7 TIL that the 18-year losing streak of Japanese baseball team Hanshin Tigers is tied to a popular curse that involved a Colonel Sanders statue. The statue, taken from a local KFC restaurant, was thrown into a canal by fans during their team's 1st and only championship run in the annual Japan Series.
GdA7 TIL A Vancouver police officer pretended to be disabled and brain-injured from a motorcycle accident and borrowed a wheelchair to work undercover in an impoverished neighborhood. He waited for someone to assault or rob him but instead people approached him by donating food and spare change
9VkM TIL:The U. S. Army secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the ocean, in at least 26 locations off both coasts - The Army can’t say exactly where all the weapons were dumped because records are sketchy, missing or were destroyed. “It’s a disaster looming — a time bomb”
evmJ TIL Dog breeds differ in intelligence and have been graded according to the trainability aspect of their intelligence. The dogs considered to be the smartest are the ‘Border Collies’ and the dumbest are the 'Afghan Hounds.’
awMNZ TIL that Mount Everest has so much garbage and equipment left behind by climbers, that the Government of Nepal now demands that each climber deposit $4,000, which is refundable only if the climber brings down at least 17.6 pounds of trash on his or her way off the mountain.