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TIL in the French version of Animal Farm by George Orwell “Napoleon” the pig is often changed to “Caesar”. This is because it’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France

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XEl4P TIL Bill Gates had an arrangement with Melinda that he and his ex-girlfriend, Ann Winblad, could keep one vacation tradition alive. Every spring, as they have for more than a decade, Gates spends a long weekend with Winblad at her beach cottage.
nYJd TIL that pencil is etymologically related to penis, but not pen
AN6N7 TIL: Gunpei Yokoi was a legendary game designer at Nintendo who designed the GameBoy and produced Metroid. His design philosophy was "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology" which emphasizes fun novel gameplay over new tech. He died after getting hit by a 2nd car when he exited to inspect damage.
x67N1 TIL about the kingdom of Albania, a state located in the Caucasus in ancient times
1OQW TIL in 1890’s, George Stratton, an American psychologist, wore inverted lenses to prove the brain adapts, and by the fifth day his brain started turning all the images upside down, so he would see the world normally.