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Today I learned dinosaur food still exists

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pQgp TIL: That the Ring Binder and Hole punch were invented by the same person in the same year. German Friedrich Soennecken in 1886.
kOpg7 TIL the first extensive history of the colonization of the Americas (first hand account of one of the first European settlers) wasn't published for 314 years and still hasn't been translated into English.
VDOk TIL when the Soviet Union was pushing towards Berlin, an SS soldier was forced to play a piano for his captors. They made it clear in sign language that he would be executed the moment he stopped. He played for 22 hours, after which he collapsed in tears. They congratulated him, then shot him.
OoeG1 TIL that revenues from hardcore porn generate US$10 billion annually, roughly equal to U.S. domestic box office movie receipts.
emkJ TIL that the first foreigner to become a samurai was an african slave.