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wLKn7 TIL that the 1994 hit song "Macarena" is about a girl named Macarena who cheats on her boyfriend with two friends while he’s being drafted into the army
awrk9 TIL the word helicopter doesn't come from heli+copter but helico+pter from the Greek helico meaning spiral and pteron meaning wing
10AW TIL there is a 90-mile island in Alaska that is home to more than 1600 bears, outnumbering the human residents 3 to 1. It is sometimes called “The Fortress of the Bears.”
J16wm TIL the largest surrender of the American Civil War wasn't Appomattox, but Bennett Place, NC - where Union General Sherman misunderstood his orders and Confederate General Johnston simply disobeyed his.
kOWl4 TIL experts advise humans need 4 hugs per day for survival, 8 hugs per day for maintenance, and 12 hugs per day for growth