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TIL The name Nimrod used to mean a skillful hunter…until bugs bunny changed it.

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GJQE TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history occurred in 1683 at the battle of Vienna. Lead by the Polish King, 20,000 Polish and German Knights charged the Ottoman army, breaking their lines and causing the ottomans to retreat in defeat. The battle marked the end of Ottoman expansion into Europe.
jNJNp TIL Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was used to train medical professionals to provide the right number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR, due to its bassline having a tempo close to that recommended by the British Heart Foundation.
LpRp TIL some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
0wGE5 TIL that despite being the largest animal on Earth, the Blue Whale cannot swallow anything larger than a beach ball.
XV4X TIL the word “poppycock” comes from the Dutch word poppekak, which literally translates to “as fine as doll shit”.