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TIL the legend of the chupacabra only dates back to 1995

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x6Zg TIL that the farther back you sit on an airplane, the better your odds of survival in the event of a crash. Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front.
R5BDa TIL of the theory of nominative determinism in that people tend to gravitate towards careers that fit their names
dDZv9 Til that the first windmill in California was built by the Russians in their colony in California
vnrr TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn’t shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.
vPEJ4 TIL the sauna became very popular especially in Scandinavia and the German-speaking regions of Europe after WW2. Saunas were so important to Finnish soldiers that they built them not only in mobile tents but even in bunkers.