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TIL of the Icelandic Naming Committee, a committee that can deny the introduction of any new given child names into the Icelandic culture and vocabulary based on compatibility with Icelandic tradition.

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awQMJ TIL that when Wilford Brimley played a elderly retired man that discovers the fountain of youth in the movie cocoon he was only 50 years old.
woVJY TIL that David Cronenberg has directed two films named "Crimes of the Future": One in 1970, and another in 2022. Apart from the title, the two films are completely different.
9ZQD TIL That if an atom was the size of our Solar System, then a neutrino to scale would be the size of a golf ball.
vOVR TIL Jesse Jackson admitted several times he enjoyed spitting in white people’s food.
X0EZr TIL Cards used in the Jacquard loom led to computer technology.