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TIL that Ankylosaurus’s armour plates were flexible and interwoven with collagen fibers, making them much tougher than other armoured animals.

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e8a6 TIL that ‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin still uses WordStar 4.0, a word processor application that was released in the mid-80s and runs on DOS to write all his novels.
MeLZV TIL the idea that redheads as a recessive gene will cease to be born is a myth.
4ZZa TIL In the mid 1990’s 20th Century Fox brought legal action against Lion Nathan’s for producing Duff Beer. The product was ordered to be pulled from store shelves and destroyed. The beer became a collectors’ item in the process, with one case selling for US$13,000
1RwV TIL the woman who “restored” the picture of Jesus last August wants a cut of the profit the church is making from tourists wanting to see her work, so she can donate it to Muscular Atrophy charities.
kJL94 TIL Henry V, while still prince, was hit by an arrow near his left nostril during the Battle of Shrewsbury. The arrow shaft broke leaving the arrow point buried six inches deep in his head. Court surgeon John Bradmore devised a special tool to extract the arrow point and saved the prince's life.