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TIL about bird-hipped and lizard-hipped Dinosaurs. And that birds are descended from lizard-hipped Dinosaurs

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R57j9 TIL about the rusty-spotted cat, a very rare wild cat native to India and Sri Lanka. Referred to as the hummingbird of the cat family, they weigh in at 2-4 pounds and are thought to be the smallest wild cat species.
d88Md TIL that a bite from the Lone Star Tick can make you allergic to red meat.
D1BLJ TIL The Schwarzchild Radius for Earth is one inch: If you were to compress the Earths mass to the size of a Ping Pong ball, it will become a Black Hole.
KOXWQ TIL there is a festival in Ireland where they marry a local schoolgirl to a wild goat for 3 days
gMNr9 TIL In his mid-70s, Goya created dark paintings not intended for public display, including "Two Old Ones Eating Soup"