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TIL the expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.

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jNkNM TIL of the Montana Dueling Dinosaurs, an incredibly well-preserved fossil of a Tyrannosaurus and a Triceratops locked in combat. Despite the important nature of the fossil, it remains obscure due to a land rights controversy preventing it from being studied, cleaned up and/or put on display.
D1GKY TIL that wealthier urban and suburban neighborhoods are associated with larger and more fertile spiders due to the higher quality of food and green spaces.
OGGv7 TIL that Eddie Money didn’t like the demo of “Take me home tonight“ but knew he had to persuade Ronnie Spector to do the catch line of “be my baby“ from her 1963 hit. The success of their song helped revive his career and encouraged her to resume hers.
6E1m7 TIL that on 17th May 1972, 10,000 London school kids went on strike to march against caning, detention, uniforms and ‘headmaster dictatorships’. Abandoning lessons to march on County Hall, the government thought it so serious MI5 and the Special Branch were involved to spy on 'school activists.
GKa4 TIL that Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in the American Pie films, was extremely shy and nervous around women and did not have a girlfriend until he was 30 years old.