[twic]

In the field of of obscure organisations with unlikely-sounding names, my favourites are the Institute of Measurement and Control, which sounds a bit like a 1984-esque surveillance agency:

https://www.instmc.org/About

And the International Earth Rotation Service, who are responsible for making the planet go round:

https://www.iers.org/IERS/EN/Home/home_node.html

[gumby]

Discovering The International Earth Rotation Service a few decades ago is what made me diligent in paying my taxes.