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TIL: About the Minoan Civilization (3000BC) where women walked barechested and men used skirts

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e01d5 TIL that the Australian airline Qantas has a dinosaur named after it: Qantassaurus. Qantas had supported the transit of fossils around the country for a Dino exhibit
bK7p TIL that one of the two daggers buried with King Tutankhamen was made out of meteorite.
16oo8 TIL The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was only caught because he sent a 35,000 word essay to the FBI explaining his motives and views, which helped to identify him. Before that, he had been operating for 17 years with the FBI having very little idea or leads to his identity.
695rQ TIL That the US has policy that makes the metric system the official system.
WkNKN TIL: Between Oct. 12 and Nov. 14 1930 the eight-story 11,000-ton Indiana Bell building was shifted 52 feet south and rotated 90 degrees.