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TIL that the different laws and formulae in physics and mathematics weren't named after the same "Bernoulli"

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j6aQQ TIL that the department store Kohl’s began as Kohl's Food Stores in 1946. By 1972, Kohl's Corporation operated 50 grocery stores and six department stores. The grocery stores were sold to A&P in 1983, and continued operations until 2003.
MemwA TIL: The 101st Airborne was nicknamed "The Chicken Men" by the NVA and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War because the Eagle insignia looks like a Chicken. North Vietnamese commander was warned to not fight with the "The Chicken Men", because you will surely lose the battle.
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9w8ED TIL: Right-or left-handedness affects sign language comprehension.
Ooyxe TIL Spiders can use Earth Electric Field to fly "hundreds of miles"; Spiders have been found 2.5 miles up in the air, and 1,000 miles out in the sea.