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TIL popcorn kernels that don’t pop are called “old maids” because they lack the necessary moisture to pop

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GAkyg TIL that in 1928, one couple named their child Herbert Hoover Jones in honor of the president. After the Great Depression four years later, they petitioned a court to relieve their son of the mortification "which he is suffering and will suffer" and change his name to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
BrL1e TIL that for the signing of the 1940 armistice between Germany and France, Hitler had the railcar that was used at the end of WWI placed in the exact same spot as the 1918 armistice and afterwards had the site destroyed.
v1RNL TIL of Irina Margareta Nistor, a Romanian woman that dubbed banned Western films during Romania's Communist regime, and by doing so, voiced Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Tom Cruise (among others).
gwM4 TIL That “Dogs Playing Poker” isn’t the title of the artwork. “A Friend In Need” is one of many pieces on a theme that Coolidge made.
WkkbB Short answer: It’s easy to learn and hard to master