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TIL the word "Buckaroo" comes from the Spanish word that "cowboy" comes from: vaquero.

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KYZ6E TIL of the ancient law of General Acerage. If a ship carrying cargo needs to jettison some of its load to save the rest, that loss is to be shared proportionally among interest holders and the ship owner. First written into law in 800BC, it continues to be declared in maritime emergencies.
Xxd8 TIL test pilot Thomas W. Attridge, Jr. shot himself down while testing the F-11 Tiger. After firing a short burst at 13,000 ft, Attridge accelerated into a dive and leveled off to fire another burst at 7,000 ft where he was struck by the bullets he’d fired earlier.
VBmMk TIL the leader of the Jesuits Order, an all-male religious order of the catholic church, is often called "the black pope" due to his black robes and influence over the catholic church
W70Dd TIL that during ww2 the Japanese had bombed the also un-contacted cousins of the Sentinelese people, the Jarawa people live nearby and they only established voluntary contact with outsiders in the 1990’s.
xW9g TIL that not only does regularly donating blood help others, but it has shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 88%