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TIL: Nominative Determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names

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R78XQ TIL of Eyam. A small Northern English village of 350 persons who in 1665 when the plague arrived chose to isolate themselves rather than let the infection spread. 83 survived but their decision stopped further infection in the region.
D1vOV TIL that a wildly popular Canadian TV show (The Red Green Show) made a change to a key segment for its remaining 10 seasons after receiving a single request for it from a blind viewer.
oRdgL TIL that in the music video for *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye", Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone actually jumped across the train carriages
Y7aEB TIL Gorilla trekking success rate to find mountain gorilla groups in their natural habitat in Uganda and Rwanda is about 99%. There is always an advance team to locate and monitor gorillas before trekking begins
grPRA TIL about the Maine Troop Greeters, a volunteer organisation who have greeted more than a million and a half troops at Bangor International Airport since 1991. No matter the hour, members of all branches of the US military and allies are assured of a handshake, use of a free cell phone and a cookie.