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TIL that the first recorded use of the word "hello" as a greeting was in 1827

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a8p40 TIL the Old Testament was first divided into verses in 1440 by a rabbi and the New Testament was divided into chapter and verses in 1551 similar to modern chapter and verse Bibles.
xVpy5 TIL that the writer of "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" banned it from being published with a tune by Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan
vL1B TIL that women were not allowed to wear pants on the U.S. Senate floor until 1993 after Senators Barbara Mikulski and Carol Moseley Braun defiantly staged a protest by wearing pantsuits.
JYbOB TIL Jimmy Page had an affair with a 14 year old girl who lost her virginity to David Bowie
Lk4Pr TIL that NBA star Larry Bird would taunt the people guarding him by telling them exactly what he was going to do before he did it.