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TIL Bill Burr is a licensed helicopter pilot

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VMPnB TIL that the 'Velociraptors' in the Jurassic Park franchise are based of the dinosaur Deinonychus, but Michael Crichton used the name of a different dinosaur species because it sounded cooler.
WkrZL TIL plague doctors wore masks that looked like bird beaks because the beaks stored very aromatic plants that protected them from putrid odors
VMB68 TIL of liquid ass. A spray invented and sold for practical jokes. It’s smell is so disgusting, it’s used to train combat medics and to prepare them for the horrible smells of disemboweled troops.
D1QEY TIL: Peppercorns could help alleviate Cannabis-induced anxiety.
8ajV8 TIL the USDA requires Salisbury Steaks to be a minimum of 65% meat, of which up to 25% can be pork.