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TIL the original translation of “mortgage” means “death pledge”

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YpaXv TIL that there are Spider-Man comics (Spider-Man: Reign) where Mary Jane Watson has died from prolonged exposure to Peter's radioactive semen.
yVnGJ TIL that in 2008, Italy's top court banned a couple from naming their newborn son "Venerdi", which in Italian means Friday, since it was a ridiculous name that would expose the boy to mockery
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