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TIL When “Persia” became “Iran” in 1935, The suggestion for the change is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to Germany, who came under the influence of the Nazis. The name Iran means land of the Aryans.

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vNw8 TIL in 2012, California became the first state to legislatively recognize the human right to water, declaring “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water.”
neAeb TIL One study found that job seekers are more likely to be hired if they wear glasses to their interview. Several studies have shown that people who wear glasses are typically perceived as more intelligent, more competent, and more industrious than those without spectacles
Bk6y TIL while on trial for treason the lawyer of Michel Ney, one of Napoleon’s marshals, argued that French courts could not try Ney because he was Prussian since his hometown had been annexed by Prussia. Ney ruined the defense by interrupting, “I am French and will remain French.” Ney was executed.
NmWQ TIL that in China, 1.6 million people die each year from air pollution.
awa4J TIL 50s Movie Director Ed Wood was a secret cross dresser whose SO did not know, he made and starred in a movie about about a secret cross dresser whose SO did not know and cast his real life SO as the movie character's SO. She eventually rejected him in real life, just as her movie character did.