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TIL Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, designer of the de Havilland Mosquito, was actress Dame Olivia de Havilland’s cousin.

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kOZ6m TIL about 6-on-6 high school girls basketball that was extremely popular in Iowa. The teams had 3 guards that only played defense and 3 forwards that only played offense; these players had to stay on one side of the court.
VM66G TIL Harry Redknapp is Frank Lampards uncle
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9YddQ TIL The two parts to the word “helicopter” are not “heli” and “copter”, but “helico” meaning spiral, and “pter” meaning one with wings, like pterodactyl.
7oJL TIL there have been 14 known fatalities in Britain from native adder bites since 1876. Recovery from a bite can take up to a year.