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TIL the word Bastard originated to describe a man who was successful regardless of heritage

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KYYZa TIL in July of 2021 a British plane spotter noticed sparks coming off an F-15E Strike Eagle's engine after it took off from RAF Lakenheath. He called the base's switchboard to alert the base and the plane returned safely. The pilot publicly thanked him and gave him his insignia patch.
W7D4L TIL In what is now Germany there was a Neolithic cannibal feasting site/village
pYKLG TIL A Canadian band in the '60s issued their new single with the credit "By: Guess Who?" in the hopes of tricking radio stations into thinking it was The Who. When the song took off, they were forced to change their name to The Guess Who
LkYW9 TIL Canadians say “sorry” so much that a law was passed in 2009 declaring that an apology can’t be used as evidence of admission to guilt.
aw7Z9 TIL that in 2014, a sinkhole opened up under the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. The 40 foot wide sinkhole swallowed eight rare or one-of-a-kind cars but didn't impact the structural integrity of the building.