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TIL Amazon was initially called "Cadabra" (from "Abracadabra") when Jeff Bezzos started the company. He later changed it because people misheard it as "Cadaver."

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RQM8 TIL that King Tut’s tomb was actually found by the archaeologist’s water boy.
R57Oj TIL that during the East German coffee crisis in the 1970s, care packages from the West ended up providing an estimated 25% of all coffee in East Germany. Demand for the fruit bread which was the traditional return gift was so high a minister proposed a ban on gifting it.
8eg0b TIL that in Japan, condoms were originally made from tortoise shells or animal horns and only covered the head of the penis. Dutch traders later introduced Japan to ones made out of “fine leather.”
XEMOD TIL: there are an estimated 200 bodies on MT Everest that hikers use as markers on their journey up the beast of a mountain, including a corpse named “green boots”.
O946 TIL a feudal peasant had to work 50-60 days/year for the lord of the manor to pay for accommodation and taxes. A modern worker needs to work 80-100 days/year to pay for accommodation and taxes.