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TIL that the terms “white meat” and “dark meat” come from the Victorian era when people were too embarrassed to use the words “leg” and “breast”

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kJ4V7 TIL Columbus Day was founded as a way to celebrate Italian-Americans at a time when they were treated like second hand citizens
4o6a TIL in 1987 a 19 year old German flew a small plane across Russia to Moscow and landed it in Red Square without being detected by Soviet authorities.
mDZP TIL that astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing “streaks” of white light every 3 minutes, even when they closed their eyes.
4XmVN TIL No one has died from being bitten by a Rabid Dog in the United States for over 40 years. Canine-specific rabies has been completely eradicated in the US, although other mammals can transmit other strains of the disease.
VZ9B TIL Majel Barrett’s recorded voice is still used today by Union Pacific Railroad giving notification of train and railroad track defects.