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TIL that the word goodbye comes from an abbreviation of ‘God be with ye’ (godbwye)

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9YPpQ TIL: Lottie Williams is the only person to have been hit by re-entering space debris. She was walking through a park in Tulsa Oklahoma in Jan 1997 at 3:30 am and felt a tapping on her shoulder. It was a piece of the fuel tank of a Delta II rocket launched in 1996. She was unhurt.
yQdNV TIL the study that yeilded the concept of the alpha wolf (commonly used by people to justify aggressive behaviour) originated in a debunked model using just a few wolves in captivity. Its originator spent years trying to stop the myth to no avail.
8eGMV TIL Olympic hurdles for sprint in athletics are 23 cm (9 in) higher for men (107 cm / 3.5 feet) than for women (84 cm / 2.75 feet), though men are only 7.5 cm (3 in) to 15.5 cm (6 in) higher in average than women for most countries.
yQrY8 TIL Tigers need to be in an environment that mimics nature or they exhibit unnatural stress
GGvj TIL That Volkwagen Group owns all of the following brands: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducatti, Lamborghini, MAN, Porsche, Scania, SEAT, SKODA, and, of course, Volkswagen.