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Til: that the word meander comes from the name of a river in Turkey.

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pd1Q TIL that Samuel Morse, in the process of writing Morse Code, modeled the letter “V” as “dit-dit-dit-dah”. This was a reflection of the first 4 notes in Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 also known as the “Victory symphony”.
KMaR TIL that Pit Bulls were once American heroes, and so revered that they were chosen to represent America on WWI posters.
M7eXV TIL that here has never been a documented case of rabies being transmitted by one human biting another. All of the recorded cases of human-to-human transmission of rabies occurred through organ transplants from infected donors.
jNNLQ TIL: That the song Wagon Wheel that country singer, Darius Rucker, made famous was written by Bob Dylan and Kech Secor of the band Old Crow Medicine Show.
l70e7 TIL Tarantulas can swim and some can even dive in order to catch fish!