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TIL that we don’t know who named the Earth. Unlike other planets there are no records of how it got its name. The name Earth, and variations of it, date back 1000+ years.

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kOa8g TIL: Southwest Airlines once slid off a runway in Burbank, California and into city streets. After the incident, Southwest was billed for the emergency services response. Southwest refused to pay, citing taxes paid to the city entitled them to use of the services.
oOQR TIL Omnipotence paradox: Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it? If he can’t, the argument goes, then there is something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent. If he can, it continues, then there is also something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent.
6985m TIL that if all the world’s bacteria were laid end-to-end, they would reach 10 billion light-years in length. However, at 75 times thinner than a human hair, it would still be invisible to the naked eye. The length could wrap the Milky Way more than 20,000 times, creating a 2cm wide visible ribbon.
D1pgP TIL in the early 1920s, the KKK was very active in Chicago with 50,000 members in the city, the largest of any metropolitan area in the U.S. The group was driven from the city in 1925, when a Catholic organization, American Unity League, printed names, addresses, and occupations of Chicago Klansmen.
p8J44 TIL dogs can breathe in and out simultaneously, allowing for uninterrupted smelling.