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TIL 1/3 of classified dinosaurs may have never existed.

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OGjw1 TIL that King Æthelstan arranged marriages for several of his sisters to European royalty, including the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, making his court one of the most internationally connected in Anglo-Saxon England.
b9KZ TIL that when Einstein “wanted a divorce from his first wife, he gave her the ultimatum that, if she wanted to remain with him and not grant him a divorce, then he expected her to serve him three meals a day in his room but not expect any intimacy in return.”
a8rwZ TIL about the Supersonic Oblique Wing design
vgMR TIL on 3/11/08 a viewer asked Jim Cramer if he should worry about his investment in Bear Stearns. Cramer replied “No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble. If anything, they’re more likely to be taken over. Don’t move your money from Bear.” 3 days later it dropped 92%.
KYvW6 TIL that several crew members onboard the Challenger space shuttle survived the initial breakup. It is theorized that some were conscious until they hit the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.