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TIL a teenage tyrannosaurus rex would go through a growth spurt where it gained 35-45 pounds a week

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XgVk TIL a ring given from mother to son in 1974 while she was dying from cancer was lost two weeks later while he was boating on the Cooper River, SC. 39 years later, a diver found the ring underwater and returned it to the man, who was in the hospital dying from cancer.
j61vR TIL that on an Auschwitz concentration camp wall, a Jewish prisoner (facing indescribable abuse) carved, “If there is a god, He will have to beg for my forgiveness.”
J1DYv TIL There are 120 times more water molecules in the cubic inch of water than there are stars in the observable universe
KYMZQ TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses
N8QM TIL that during World War 1, the United States Government tried to rename hamburgers as “liberty sandwiches” to promote patriotism.