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Street names aside, who comes up with crazy non-words like Zyrtec, tenofovir and Xeljanz?

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yVojl TIL that some "Vampires" were buried with ropes full of knots, because Vampires could not resist the urge to untie knots and therefore would keep them busy for eternity.
d8LG9 TIL almost every word Neil deGrasse Tyson says in COSMOS was written by Carl Sagan’s wife, Ann Druyan
QkZp TIL Russia is planning to invest $65 billion USD in what would be the world’s longest tunnel (103 km/64 miles) called the TKM-World Link. The tunnel would run under the Bering Strait and connect Russia to Alaska.
baQ TIL that there is a fake McDonald’s in Industry, CA used solely for filming commercials and movies.
VGX4 TIL King James II banned golf and football because his archers spent so much time playing they started to suck at archery.