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TIL that dinosaurs did not “roar,” but cooed like birds
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TIL that Belgium is the world's market leader in producing and exporting snooker and billiard balls.
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TIL NJ landmark Lucy the Elephant was used by offshore bootleggers as a signal light.
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TIL - Friedrich Nietzsche held a pessimistic view on modern society and popular culture. He believed the press and mass culture led to conformity and brought about mediocrity resulting in a lack of intellectual progress, leading to the decline of the human species..
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TIL that before he died in a car wreck, Walter Gehring discovered a segment of DNA, called the homeobox, that has the exact same parts in organisms as diverse as fungi and humans, further indicating that all species evolve from a common ancestor.
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TIL that"Piano Man", Billy Joel's signature song, is in the National Recording Registry, along with Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.