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TIL that a Complete Fossil of 23 Million-Year-Old Lizard in Amber Resin was Found by Mexican Researchers

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wLy56 TIL about Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia woman who began taping whatever was on television in 1979 and didn't stop until her death in 2012.. The 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes she made are the most complete collection preserving this era of TV. They are being digitized by the Internet Archive.
R7k51 TIL that "Jim Wilson" is a code for a corpse in airport speak.
OZRe TIL that 555 is the Thai variation of LOL, as 5 in Thai is pronounced ‘ha’, three of them being “hahaha”
1xWD TIL there is a Catalan cmad tradition of giving children a “Shitting log” a couple weeks before Xmas. They have to “feed” it and keep it warm so it will deficate their presents on Christmas eve by beating it with sticks.
4Xlgw TIL The word 'fiery' is older than the word 'fire'