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TIL Ivan is just the Slavic variant of the name “John”

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Me5g8 TIL In 2009, China produced the film, "The Founding of a Republic", to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, with actors such as Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li. While Taiwan has asserted that it has no plans to actively censor the film, it has yet to be released there
LPMV TIL that, in the late 1930s, Samsung started their first product line: noodles.
Xl7j TIL that the Nintendo DS was the first video game console on Mt. Everest. It was one of the few pieces of electronic equipment that did not fail from the harsh conditions.
Vmxp TIL that rival ice cream truck drivers in Glasgow in the 80s sold drugs from their trucks, shot at each other, and committed arson in the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars
LQ7wd TIL Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire, evolved from an earlier Merrie Melodies character Elmer Egghead. Fudd acquired a family name related to the German “Fuddeln” (to swindle; cheat; work negligently) and the English “befuddle” (to perplex; confuse; to stupefy, esp, with alcohol)