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N7lRe TIL that Tierra del Fuego was once referred to as Fireland in English
XEAn8 TIL that "survivorshp bias" has its name from WWII where engineers failed to increase bomber pilot's chance of surviving when they increased armour on bombers where bullet holes where most often found until a statistician then proposed to increase armour where holes couldn't be found.
Oox6 TIL that, according to a mating theory called Hypergamy, a woman will always encounter instinctive urges to leave her current partner in favor of someone she percieves to be of “superior” status.
78wGM TIL that more than half of all light mail in Denmark is delivered by bike. Due to the general city infrastructure, bikes are by far the easiest and quickest way to deliver letters in Denmark
nWpGP TIL that even with the two massive hurricanes in the past few weeks, the damages in the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster were nearly double that of Helene and Milton damage estimates combined.