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TIL that Emma is the most popular baby girl name in the US

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R5a1a TIL co-founder of the band ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, was born from the union between a Norwegian mother and Nazi German father for a program where the Nazis tried to increase the Aryan population. Children such as her were open to receive nicknames such as “SS bastard”, “rat,” or “Nazi child.”
ADPYx TIL English sailor, William Adams, had landed in Japan, after his crew had been plagued by violent attacks, terrible weather, and fatal illness. Upon the crew's arrival, Adams earned a position as an adviser to the Shogun, Ieyasu, and the status of being one of the first Western Samurais.
neglP TIL When we breathe through our nose, we always inhale more air from one nostril than with the other one — and this changes every 15 minutes
ADoDw TIL of Karl P. Schmidt, a herpetologist who documented his own death after he was bitten by a juvenile boomslang snake. He made detailed notes on the symptoms he experienced, almost right up to the end. He died 24 hours after the bite, bleeding in his lungs, kidneys, heart, and brain.
5YOer TIL: All arcade games imported into North America from 1989 to 2000 had the following FBI slogan included into their attract mode: "Winners Don't Use Drugs".