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TIL There was a minor league baseball player named “Wonderful Terrific Monds III”

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PYjeL TIL that back in 2010, a man named Jon McLoone ran 15 million computer simulation of the game Hangman and found out that the most difficult word for that program to guess is "Jazz".
NXwdb TIL the nation of Iceland sued a company named Iceland to have all its trademarks invalidated. And won.
LkRLZ TIL that many children from 2-5 years will develop maladaptive sleeping behavior following surgical procedures and anesthesia, so parents please mentally prepare yourselves.
YZGZ TIL that when CS Lewis went to an elite English boarding school in 1913, he found that homosexual relationships among students were “not [frowned upon as seriously as] wearing one’s coat unbuttoned.”
p880N TIL that the first documented use of fireworks in the UK was in 1486 at Henry VII's wedding, and that Elizabeth I enjoyed fireworks so much that she had a "Fire Master" to oversee royal displays