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TIL scientists found a dinosaur “mummy” with intact skin and armor.

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9KyM TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote his State of the Union messages, instead of delivering them in a speech like George Washington. All presidents followed Jefferson’s lead until Woodrow Wilson resurrected Washington’s precedent in 1913.
kJ9Yg TIL that in 1948 a 'charismatic' British ex-ski champion & yodeller stole 3000+ butterflies from Australian museums, just cos. His excuse for the Butterfly Heist was 'distraction of mind' due to his recent divorce. The whole saga was a mess for science, even decades later.
GAo4Q TIL Bill Nye quit his job at Boeing to be a stand up comic after winning a Steve Martin look alike contest in 1978.
NX7mJ TIL the Statute of Liberty isn't named as a representative of freedom, it's literally the Statute of Liberty, the Roman goddess of liberation.
Yp9KA TIl along with reforming the church, Luther reformed the musical world by expanding Choral music, establishing schools for music exploration, and exploring new musical instruments. Future musicians such as Bach drew inspiration from his new approach to start their own musical language revolutions.