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TIL Michael was the most popular baby boy name in the US from 1961 to 1998 – a 37-year span.

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4kkXR TIL that possums don’t “play dead”, they actually pass out due to fear of predators. They go into shock and faint when confronted, involuntarily. They are in a catatonic state until they become conscious again.
aPBJ TIL When three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letters simply added an X.
Z8yyB TIL that one of the earliest uses for the term Round Robin was a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified, a mutiny on a ship for example.
Abpa TIL that form 1969 to 1977, Ford Motor Company produced the Pinto with full knowledge of a design flaw that frequently caused the fuel tank to catch fire during rear collisions, which would have cost $11 per vehicle to fix. The tag line in radio ads was, “Pinto leaves you with that warm feeling.”
Jjk4 TIL according to Nordic legend a preferred execution method of old, The Blood Eagle, involved opening the victims back, breaking the ribs along the spine to form bloody eagle wings and removing the lungs through the wounds.