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TIL After 60 odd years, North and South Korea is split linguistically. “I’m fine thanks” in North Korean means “Mind your own Business” in the South.

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OoGxR TIL that Wilhelm Röntgen didn't know what kind of rays he discovered in 1895, and called them X-Strahlen (X-rays, "unknown rays"). They were later named röntgen rays in a lot of languages, but stuck as X-rays in english
oB9gR TIL that Russia was founded by a group of Scandinavian vikings and traders, called the Rus, who initially set up trading towns between their home and the Byzantine Empire.
9oQD TIL the number one most played song on U.S. radio of the 2000s decade was “How You Remind Me” by Nickelback. It was played on the radio over 1.2 million times.
xVaDB TIL the makers of the "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies bought a horse just to make a joke. They named the horse All Pink and instructed the jockey not to win but to stay on the inside rail the whole race just to hear the play-by-play announcer say "It's All Pink on the inside!"
neXOB TIL Earl Tupper, Inventor and founder of the Tupperware Company, Sold his ownership interest, bought himself an island in Costa Rica, and gave up his U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes.