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TIL that Ytterby, a small town in Sweden, has four separate elements named after it: Yttrium, Erbium, Terbium, and Ytterbium

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yQbbv TIL of the General delegation for the French language and languages of France (aka the French Language Police) whose job is to research emerging English words and come up with French equivalents to keep the language alive.
JX7Q TIL that in 2013 a Swedish man broke out of prison one day before his release in order to see a dentist
M7gW TIL that every glass of beer you drink daily reduces risk of kidney stones by 40 percent
wL1g7 TIL of the National Weight Control Registry, which tracks 6,000 Americans and has shown that calorie control and regular exercise is key to keeping off the pounds, regardless of how much fat you eat.
aGVb TIL the IRS seized 100k of a man’s money for suspecting him of illegal activity even though they couldn’t prove it and refused to give it back.