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TIL Komodo Dragons will dig up human remains and eat them.

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KYyka TIL that Champion U.S.A. invented hoodie in 1930s and marketed to laborers working in freezing temperatures in upstate New York
epkbk Today I learned that there is a professional peruvian footballer with the name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López, named after Osama bin Laden whose brothers name is Sadam Husein named after the former president of Iraq.
7rAyO TIL of Civilian Public Service (CPS), a US government program that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II. CPS draftees fought forest fires, helped reform an abusive mental health system, and even acted as test subjects in medical experiments.
6Ekx8 TIL the origins and etymology of the name "Samantha" are uncertain. It first appeared on record in the 17th century, but was was very rare until it became popular through a novel in the 19th century. It fell out of use again until "Bewitched" aired in 1964, which made it popular once more
QNMap TIL Slovenia has more major governmental subdivisions (201) than there are nations in the U.N. (195), and that Serbia, Uganda, Latvia and Philippines also have over 100 subdivisions