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

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J1PQ1 TIL the term "port" to refer to a ship's lefthand side was for centuries much less common than the term "larboard", which only fell out of favor in the mid-1800s once the British Navy ordered its usage abandoned due to sounding too similar to "starboard".
EkOd TIL Maria Shriver said to her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger in regards to his movie Red Sonja, “If this doesn’t kill your career, nothing will”.
gMQoW TIL turtle can outrun a crocodile
yoYv TIL during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, Herodotus recorded the first case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when a Greek named Epizelus became permanently blind without being hit.
MQxb TIL that the largest solar energy plant in the world may create a number of safety hazards once it is up and running. Critics have argued that it would be powerful enough to vaporize birds, blind drivers miles away, flip small airplanes, and attract Air Force heat-seeking missiles.