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TIL the phrase “my bad” was first popularized by Manute Bol, who was still learning English at the time

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ANZwn TILL the Boeing 787 Dreamliner can stay safely operational on just one engine for more than five hours before needing to land. It earned 330-minute (5.5 hrs) ETOPS certifications, because of this.
ylNJ TIL the Red Swastika Society was not a German organization, but a Chinese equivalent to the Red Cross.
m1nyO TIL that a girl won the Texas state track team championship by herself. In 2008 Bonnie Richardson scored so many points in individual events that no other school could catch up in team events, despite her being the only athlete from a high school of 59 students. In 2009 Richardson did it again!
DQeKj TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre.
jvdM TIL that there is such thing as False Awakening where you think that you have awoken from a dream and proceed with your daily life but you are actually still dreaming