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TIL former porn star “Tyffany Million” retired from porn to become a licensed private investigator and bounty hunter

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d45E TIL that nuclear waste can be turned into glass.
R5dp7 TIL of a court in France which stopped a girl being named "Nutella" and forcibly renamed her to Ella in the absence of her parents. The Judge said that the name Nutella would "only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts," a complaint not heard by her parents as they did not attend the hearing.
Zpv6o TIL that, during a battle in the French and Indian War, George Washington survived having had two horses shot from under him and four bullets piercing his coat.
GYXDN TIL that Beethoven's "Für Elise" wasn't discovered until 40 years after his death.
lnV5 TIL ‘Mountain Dew’ was originally Southern and/or Irish slang for moonshine