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TIL that Moana is called Vaiana in France due to a perfume brand with the same name. I also learned that she's called Oceania in Italy because of an adult actress called Moana

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rNmD1 TIL that Jeremy Clarkson was able to say goodbye to his dad due to the Porsche 928's ability to maintain serious speed for extended periods.
W7BQY TIL of David Kelly, a British weapons expert. Two days after being publicly named as the source behind a BBC report questioning the UK government's claim about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, Kelly committed suicide a short walk from his home.
5Yrmr TIL that in 1985 the mayors of Rome and Carthage signed a symbolic peace treaty to end the state of war between the two cities technically going back over 2100 years.