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

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NX4WM TIL Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets
nWbG TIL that cheerleading is, by an enormous margin, the most dangerous organized sport in high school and college
ADJjx Today i learned about the Diolkos, the paved road that ancient Corinthians sued to transport ships across Greece from 600BC to 100 AD
m4oE TIL in Greek Mythology, the God ‘Phosphorus’ represented the planet Venus, or the 'Morning Star’, as the Bringer of Light. The Latin translation of Phosphorus is Lucifer.
gMpbA TIL that Bede (CE 673-735) referred to the Earth as an “orb” and wrote that “it is not merely circular like a shield or spread out like a wheel, but resembles more a ball.” This idea was repeated by philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers throughout the Middle Ages.