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

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Oo0l4 TIL A battalion of Scottish troops who went to battle in kilts was given the nickname "The Ladies from Hell" by the German troops they fought against in World War One.
O6eX TIL that there were more than 42,500 concentration camps in Europe during World War 2
OGYgg TIL that perhaps the most famous female American poet, Emily Dickinson, only had 10 poems published of the roughly 1,800 she composed
DWnp TIL men pay 97% of alimony, make up 94% of work suicides, make up 93% of workplace fatalities, 79% of all suicides, 78% of all homicide, are over twice as victimized by strangers than women, 82% of the prison population is male and men are 165% more likely to be convicted than women.
neOa9 TIL that in 2000 a Nasa plane accidentally flew over Mount Hekla, A.K.A the Gateway to Hell in Iceland, resulting in the first ever directly recorded plume measurements of sulfur dioxide and temperature readings taken from an actively erupting volcano.