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TIL In "The Land Before Time X" the long-neck dinosaurs gather together and believe in a myth that during each eclipse they must all stretch out their necks and help push the sun up so it doesn't fall. They succeed and celebrate having saved the world.

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wLVLE TIL that a suicide bomber was foiled when he forgot to set adjust his clock for daylight savings time and the device went off early in his car
O5O7 TIL there are three power grids covering the United States. One for the west, one for the east, and one for Texas. Texas has its own in an attempt to maintain its freedom from federal regulation.
o07R TIL that during the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster pilot Michael Smith’s Personal Egress Air Pack was manually activated. Meaning he most likely survived the initial explosion, losing his life only when the cabin smashed into the ocean.
5V5jr TIL about Hadara, The Ostrich Boy. He got separated from his parents when he was 2 year-old in the Sahara desert, where he was adopted and raised by Ostriches until he was rescued 10 years later.
PKAg TIL, that Texas abolished all special last-meal requests after condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a huge last meal and did not eat any of it, saying he was not hungry.