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TIL the brand name Rolex doesn't mean anything, but rather is a completely made-up word that the founder thought is easily pronounced in any language.

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OobgY TIL we went from Trentino to Quarantino as cities extended the isolation period of illness from 30 to 40 days. [Trentine means 30 days isolation. Quarantine means 40 days isolation.]
gMYv7 TIL In November 2015, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania, reportedly ordered the 2015 Mauritanian Super Cup to go to a penalty shootout in the 63rd minute with the score tied 1–1 because he was getting bored with the match.
j6jGM TIL Several African countries don’t like second-hand clothes being imported to their countries because it is destroying their local textile industry.
kJ9NE TIL that the IATA code for Sembach Airport, Germany is SEX
R78K8 TIL Peter Capaldi wrote and starred in a video as the 12th Doctor. This video was aimed at an autistic boy who had just lost his grandmother. By all accounts, the video gave the young boy enough courage to attend the funeral of his grandmother.