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TIL shooting point blank mean shooting in a range where you don’t have to account for gravity

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kO70W Today I learned about the Lythronax (LYE-thro-nax) is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America around 80.6–79.9 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. The only known specimen was discovered in Utah , what's cool is Lythronax translated means "Gore King"
kJQk7 TIL: The USA has a national Quidditch team.
X0YN8 TIL That Benito Mussolini was given a ceremonial weapon called “Sword of Islam”, recieved the title “Protector of Islam” and saw himself as being a heir to the authority of Ottoman Caliphs since he took over Libya.
yQRPJ TIL it was once believed "Crack Babies" did not like to be interacted with and could not learn like normal children. They were not treated like normal children and were given poorer early childhood care and education. When these practices were stopped most of the problems they had went away.
ZBGD TIL Tutankhamun only had one set of grandparents. His father and mother were also sister and brother. He also had a cleft lip and a club foot.