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TIL that Belgium is named after the Belgae people, which is translated to ‘The people who swell with anger,’ meaning Belgium means 'land where the people swell with anger’

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4KGa TIL when a man asked Xerxes to exempt his eldest son from serving in the army, he had the young man cut in half and ordered his army to march between his two parts
RW9 TIL Sugar cures the hiccups 19 out of 20 cases
YR47 TIL that the symbol @ possibly has its origins in the 6th century AD when monks adopted it as an abbreviation of the word “ad” - Latin for “at”.
gGrA TIL claw machines have variable PSI strength settings for the claws. They are designed to only allow you to pick up a toy as often as state regulations require.
JVn1 TIL Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett was also the co-creator of the surreal, post-apocalyptic comic Tank Girl