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TIL that 54% of the troops who landed in Normandy on D-Day were British & Canadian

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QRka TIL the Marii-El Republic in Russia is the homeland of the Mari people, many of whom still follow their polytheistic indigenous religion. Possibly the only unbroken spiritual lineage to survive Christianisation in Europe. The Mari native religion comprehends tree worship and animal sacrifices
jNAjj TIL Your voice sounds different from what you hear. This is because one can hear a sound in two different ways. The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your ear drum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull, set off by your vocal chords
BrVJr TIL the word "hello" was only first published in 1827, and was used as a greeting following the invention of the telephone, after beating out Alexander Graham Bell's preferred greeting, "ahoy"
low4V TIL airplane tires leave between 1 to 1.5 pounds of rubber on the runway when they land.
4Xk1g TIL there is no longer anyone alive who was born in the 1800s