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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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VMbGm TIL that Lazy Scranton, the music video from The Office where Michael and Dwight rap about the city to welcome transfers from the Stamford branch, is a parody of a comedic rap song called Lazy Sunday, which premiered on SNL in 2005.
N7l46 TIL the state of Alaska has over 3 million natural lakes.
JYnMB TIL- Sir Roberrt Watson-Watt, the inventor of the RADAR was caught speeding with a RADAR gun. He reportedly said "My God, if I'd known what they were going to do with it, I'd have never have invented it!'"
Z85nG TIL In 1863, an escaped slave named Gordon stumbled into Union Army territory in Louisiana. He had trekked 80 miles after escaping a Mississippi plantation, where he had been whipped so badly that he almost died. His haunting image of gruesome injuries became a rallying cry across the North.
ne4aB TIL: some scientists believe that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has killed over one million people and health effects are still occurring, especially in children