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TIL - When Icelandic people are born they do not take the same last name of their parents. Instead they take their fathers first name and add "son" (son) if you are a boy, or "dottir" (daughter) if you are a girl, to create their last name.

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KYQeB TIL when Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson was a teen, he dreamt of having a Gibson guitar. He would go to his nearest music store in Toronto, play Gibson guitars for about an hour before he’d get kicked out, and then he would come back to that store every weekend and repeat the whole process again.
Oxvg TIL Danish parents leave their kids on the curb while they go shopping, as they believe the fresh air is essential for health and development.
lgxV TIL in 1981, a pediatrician saved the life of a 3.2-pound premature baby boy by working around the clock to beat the odds & stabilize him. In 2011, the pediatrician was pinned inside a burning vehicle after a car collision, but was saved by the premature baby, who had grown up to become a paramedic.
1a0L8 TIL the Aussie word Esky (for cooler box or chilly bin) comes from the word Eskimo
e0En6 TIL since 2014, McDonald's has been losing locations in the U.S. every single year.