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TIL all corgis suffer from achondroplastic dwarfism

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awL10 TIL That many Dutch people have ridiculous names (Poepjes = little shit, Borst = breast, Naaktgeboren = born naked) because they didn't use last names until Napoleon invaded, and the Dutch didn't take the French seriously. So they registered stupid names as a joke - but they stuck!
dDXl7 TIL The 10k steps a day benchmark was actually just a marketing campaign from a Japanese company called Yamasa who made the first wearable pedometer
rLDe TIL the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau is often seen as a 'bible’ for self-sufficiency enthusiasts. However, while many picture Thoreau as a hermit in the woods, his cabin on the lake was about a mile from town, where he would often go to visit his mother, who did his laundry for him.
kOe5W TIL about the Unipiper, a Portland man who patrols the streets wearing a kilt and Darth Vader mask while playing the bagpipe all while riding a unicycle
ne7kr TIL The term "rocket-propelled grenade", though frequently encountered, is a backronym of the "RPG" from the translation of Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт (Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) Russian for "handheld anti-tank grenade launcher" and not based on a true literal translation.