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TIL Bald Eagles get their name from an old English word, "balde”, meaning White. The Latin name for bald eagles is “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” which means “white-headed sea eagle”.

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eW7b TIL: The word for stretching and yawning at the same time: pandiculation
VQaZ TIL that James Earl Jones once used the handle “Darth Vader” while travelling across the country and spoke, in character, to truck drivers on the CB radio. Apparently, the drivers would really freak out so he stopped doing it.
nGaG TIL that RJ Mitte, Walt Jr on “Breaking Bad” has Cerebral Palsy in real life just like his character did on the show, except he doesn’t use crutches in real life. He also plays a disabled person on the show “Separated at Birth”, who is in a wheel chair.
xDBD TIL Zildjian, the cymbal maker, is one of the oldest companies in the world. Founded in 1618, it’s just under 400 yo. Zildjian means “Bell Maker,” a name given to the Alchemist hired by the Ottoman Sultan to create noise-makers for war. The manufacturing process remains a family secret til this day.
wLD78 TIL that NASCAR drivers who weigh less than 180 lbs have to add weights to their cars.