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TIL that while Icelanders usually have last names consisting of -son (son) or -dóttir (daughter) suffixed to their father's given name, non-binary Icelanders are now allowed to have gender-neutral last names using the suffix -bur (child) instead.

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16nXD TIL there are 2 different versions of Mexican Coke. No HFCS (only cane sugar) is exported to the US while Mexican domestic Coke has Splenda and/or cane sugar & HFCS
MGLb TIL the pallbearers at Billy Mays’ funeral wore blue shirts and khaki pants in tribute.
b98OZ TIL that “skin hunger” is an accepted term in academia describing the desire for more touch in different types of relationships.
kO6DE TIL that in Edgar Allen Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gorden Pym of Nantucket the survivors of a shipwreck eat a character called Richard Parker. Poe called the book "silly," but in 1884 the survivors of a real British shipwreck were tried for eating a cabin boy ... named Richard Parker.
KO6pQ TIL Jackie Kennedy wore her blood-splattered pink Chanel suit for the rest of the day after JFK’s assassination. When asked to change her outfit, she replied “I want them to see what they have done to Jack.”