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TIL: Some of the sounds of the dinosaurs in Jurassic World were made from the slowed down version of tortoises having sex.

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yQwel TIL that for the 10th anniversary edition of the film 'Titanic', James Cameron edited the starry night sky to be exactly as it would have been on April 15th, 1912 at 4:20am. This was after astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson repeatedly emailed, chiding him for getting the sky wrong in the original
xVjNk TIL that anyone residing in Portugal is presumed a consenting organ donor unless the contrary is manifested by obtaining a legal document that states the person does not want to be considered for donation upon their death.
5VVx9 TIL that the spellings "per cent" and "percent" are both correct, the difference is that "per cent" is used mainly in Britain and Canada, whereas "percent" is most preferred in the US
v17nr TIL that the color “isabelline,” a yellowish-white, may have been named after Isabella I of Castile swore not to change her shift until the siege of Granada was over, expecting a quick victory; the siege took 8 months
0Ojp TIL The CIA have released all their documents on UFOs