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TIL passerbyers isn't a word

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DjdY TIL a Romanian-born Israeli and American scientist, engineer, professor, teacher, and a Holocaust survivor, Liviu Librescu, held the door of his classroom during the Virginia Tech shootings sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously shot through the door saving 22 of his 23 students.
9meM TIL that male chimpanzees are less than 0.01% body fat. Very lean human males average 6-9% body fat.
GYrjj TIL that the setting for Ghost of Tsushima is based on an actual Mongol/Yuan invasion of Japan, starting at Tsushima Island in 1274. The invaders landed on Komoda beach, were held there until evening, where the battle ended in a final cavalry charge that ended with all of the defenders being slain.
QNJd9 TIL that the Pentagon still runs many of their computers with Windows 95
8ayR4 TIL that the average Latino in the United States is nearly 20% Native American and over 6% African in ancestry, with some outlier groups like Guatemalans being overwhelmingly Indigenous or Dominicans, and other Caribbean Latinos, representing much higher rates of African genetics.