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TIL the on-line cheating website, AshleyMadison.com, was named after the two most popular names for baby girls in 2002, the year it was founded.

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GNJj TIL The front room of a house was often used to display the dead for funerals and would often be called the Death Room. As this practice fell out of favor, the name of this room changed to “Living Room”
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yQbow TIL that there is a peak in the Bavarian alps called The Wank. You can take the Wankbahn cable-car to the top of Wank, and stay at the scenic Wankhaus.
AvrB TIL Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole’s 1993 album Facing Future is the best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist. His version of Over the Rainbow has been licensed for many films, TV shows, and commercials. The album reached platinum status in 2005.
nWVXB TIL people used to carve turnips for Halloween, not pumpkins