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TIL the word ‘callipygian’ meaning 'having shapely buttocks’ or in modern day words ’ bootylicious’

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VBpr4 TIL Florence and the Machine was originally known as Florence Robot/Isa Machine, where Florence Robot was founding member Florence Welch, and Isa Machine was founding member Isabella Summers. Summers serves as the bands keyboardist, as well as songwriter and producer.
lWX5 TIL that John F. Kennedy was assassinated 52 years ago today. The last thing he heard before he died was Texas Governor John Connally’s wife Nellie saying “Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you.”
9Xg7 TIL Saturn’s rings are younger than the dinosaurs as they were likely formed just 100 million years ago.
b9nkj TIL Human urine is actually beneficial to plants and can be used as a natural fertilizer because of its composition of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
4k96o TIL about a man that saved a drowning bison calf in 2023 only to be criminally charged, fined, and the calf euthanized.