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TIL that particularly destructive named hurricanes will have their names removed from recurring lists for naming storms

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WkJ5L TIL when Kylie Jenner tried to trademark her name Kylie™ in 2016, Australian pop star Kylie Minogue successfully got the request blocked, with her lawyers telling the US government Kylie Minogue is “internationally renowned” while Kylie Jenner is a “secondary reality TV personality.”
egob TIL that Barney once made a dick joke on an episode of The Flintstones.
OOK7 TIL in Burma, drunk driving is punishable by either six months in jail, or USD 50 cents fine, or both.
g7ZW TIL: Inadequate hand washing contributes to nearly 50 percent of all food borne illness outbreaks.
NyMN TIL the woman general, Liang Hongyu, after being wounded and seeing her intestines hanging out, realized she would die. So, she pushed her intestines back in, bound her abdomen, and then said to her followers, “Today is the day I die for my country!”. She killed dozens.