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TIL that “gorilla” comes from a Greek word meaning “a tribe of hairy women.”

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AP4 TIL the actual normal human body temperature is 97.9 °F, not 98.6 °F (as is commonly cited), because someone rounded before converting their units.
mx9kv TIL the title of Led Zeppelin's song "Black Dog," which reached the charts in several countries, was inspired by a black Labrador Retriever without a name that lingered and wandered around the Headley Grange recording studios when the band were recording the album the song's on.
peEp TIL Satan was never named “Lucifer.” The only use of the word Lucifer in the Bible was by Isaiah, who was referring to the fall of Babylon, not Satan.
kQ71 TIL BBC News was broadcast to Nazi occupied Europe, with live Big Ben tolls. German physicists found a way to determine the weather conditions in London based on the bell tone, thus offering invaluable help to the Luftwaffe.
VLwZ TIL Russian cosmonauts urinate on the right rear wheel of the transfer bus before liftoff. Female cosmonauts are excused, but some dash a cup of their own urine in solidarity.