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TIL SpongeBob was originally named SpongeBoy, but the legal team found that the name was already used by a pencil company (and not a mop company as many sources claim)

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gJVW TIL of the Basque language: It isn’t in any language family and is completely distinct from any other language in the world
a75y TIL that Buddy Holly proposed marriage to his girlfriend on their first date. She said yes.
M9b8 TIL that while attending Harvard in 1959, the “Unibomber” Ted Kaczynksi participated in a study where he was subjected to a “purposely brutalizing psychological experiment,” which some lawyers attribute some of his future emotional instability and dislike of mind control.
5r8p TIL An artist carved a black violin (Blackbird) from his grandfather’s headstone (diabase), and used mammoth ivory for the bridge, gold leaf for the interior, Harjedalan (black) rock for the back plate, and ebony for the rest. It took him 2 years to make and weighs 2 kilograms.
b6WE TIL that George Patton designed “the best sword ever issued to an army”