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TIL the time difference between Stegosaurus and T-Rex is bigger than the time difference between T-Rex and today

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P1L9G TIL of Antoine Le Picard who had hated Napoleon ever since they were both teenagers at school and in his dying act, Picard helped defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Acre.
OGnVR TIL that the Indian Army convened a press conference in 2019 to say that it had discovered footprints in the Himalayas that belonged to the YETI (Big Foot) and eventually mocked after it was found out that the DNA collected matched the local Black Bears
KPYR TIL that due to the inclusion of a leap day and two leap seconds, 1972 is the longest year in history.
dDmnj TIL that Teflon (used in non-stick pans) was accidentally discovered by a 27-year-old engineer at DuPont while researching refrigerants in 1938.
N76K1 TIL that mixing alcohol with cocaine starts a chemical reaction in your liver, producing cocaethylene (a stronger longer lasting form of cocaine). After some time it is released back into your bloodstream. This is why some people can overdose after they already seem safely passed out.