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TIL that dinosaur soft tissues and cells really do preserve in fossil bones. Maybe even proteins! A newly peer-reviewed “chemical framework”, based heavily on organic geochemistry, has been proposed that plausibly explains this phenomenon. Science fiction looks like it’s becoming reality.

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G9Bj TIL The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built, would go so fast its outside temperature would reach 572 F (300C). It had to be built with components that could grow as they heated. Because of this, the jet would leak fuel until it got hot.
9YdNp TIL that Christian Bale struggled with the role of Patrick Bateman until he noticed Tom Cruise in an interview, being struck by Cruise's energy and "intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes"
0mk1 TIL there is a statue of a man killing a seal with a bible in front of the University of Iceland main building.
l7N1K TIL that chickens are actually native to Southeast Asia and Southwest China; they were brought around the world by trading.
eR54 TIL that in 2008 the NHL banned Detroit Zamboni drivers from twirling octopuses over their heads. The ban was later relaxed to allow for some twirling.