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TIL German parents not allowed to name their child Lucifer

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6ENwX TIL that a poet enciphered a poem into the DNA sequence of an "unkillable" bacteria, ensuring that his words will survive billions of years, beyond the human race and the Earth itself
X0ePk TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.
9YVDQ TIL Ikea is the largest charity in the world, and being a non-profit means they pay just 3.5% in tax instead of the 18% rate they should be paying.
gjGb TIL Ben Stein does not believe in the scientific theory of evolution and blames it and science as a cause for the holocaust.
N6Pb TIL William Halsted, a pioneering surgeon from the 19th century who discovered anesthetic properties of cocaine, eventually got addicted to it. He signed himself up in a sanatorium where his addiction was “treated” with morphine. He remained a morphine addict for the rest of his life