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TIL The word “bully” was first used in the 1530s meaning “sweetheart”. The meaning deteriorated through the 17th century through “fine fellow”, “blusterer”, to “harasser of the weak”

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5Y7Xp TIL of Oak Ridge, a city built in the U.S. in 1942. 100,000 people lived and worked there doing very specific tasks, most of whom with no idea of what they were working towards. In 1945 they saw news reports of the atomic bombings of Japan and realised they’d been working on the bombs all along
vgJr TIL that John Travolta turned down the role of Forrest Gump and lost the roles of Benjamin Button, Maverick in Top Gun, and John Rambo
vZNK TIL That the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat is the only county outside of Ireland that has a national holiday for St. Patricks day.
4nYX TIL that Italy has more active Aircraft Carriers than any other country except the US. It has two.
m8yP TIL that, because of the amount of granite in its construction, Grand Central Station produces more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant.