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TIL Astronauts can accidentally dial 911 in space

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YeZG TIL: “Good-bye” is a contraction of “God be with ye”
pYmyN TIL Plants with square shaped stems are in the Mint Family
ADbKx TIL of the most famous person ever to have literally been in a pickle, Horatio Nelson. He died at sea, so the surgeon on board pickled his body in brandy to preserve it for the long trip to England. 2 weeks into the journey, gaseous pressures burst the cask lid, making Nelson "rise from the dead."
x6b45 TIL South Korean Government funded an online troll group to spread Pro-South Korean viewpoints on the internet
4XeZa TIL that astronomer Tycho Brahe got into a drunken duel with his cousin over who was the better mathematician, and as a result of the duel had to wear a prosthetic nose.