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TIL Surya Bonaly landed a back flip on one foot during the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics

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o5L8 TIL that in 1998, astronaut John Glenn returned to space at the age of 77, after a gap of 36 years - making him the oldest human being ever in space.
5xKp TIL that the word “scientist” did not exist until 1833; before that time they were called “natural philosophers.”
vP0bD TIL that the Gurkhas, elite soldiers from Nepal, have been serving in the British Army since 1815, known for their bravery and loyalty, and were described as "braver than the bravest" by British generals.
E1Kx TIL In 1941-42, during ‘Operation Barbarossa’, the Nazi’s captured roughly 5.5 million Soviet prisoners of war resulting in one of the most concentrated mass killings in human history
WkvEo TIL that Dave Thomas, the founder of the successful fast food chain, Wendy’s, worked at KFC prior to Wendy’s and was responsible for the red and white striped chicken bucket design.