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TIL Ann Hodges was hit and injured by a meteorite, the only person so known

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6EaRl TIL: Alice Crook, a PhD student, analyzed Presbyterian records from 62,456 children born in Scotland between 1680 and 1839. She found middle names rare until about 1780 when their popularity began to rise dramatically—almost 99% of children in her sample who had middle names were born after 1780.
yQBJ TIL Marilyn Monroe rarely bathed, slept in the nude and ate a lot in bed – shoving what was left on her plate under the sheets before going to sleep.
NXYgJ Today I learned that, while A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh, named the character after his son's teddy bear, Pooh's design was actually based on another teddy bear named Growler, who was owned by the son of Milne's illustrator, E. H. Shepard.
PY9ng TIL that in Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
8apKX TIL a SwissAir flight was recording a documentary when an engine failed. The film crew was able to capture the calm and cool of the pilots while they turned the engine off, informed passengers, dumped fuel, ate chocolate and took a coffee break.