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TIL over 800 dinosaur species have been discovered since 2003.

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Yp9DW TIL: Someone hacked into a cable broadcast in Chicago in 1987 wearing a “Max Headroom” mask. Over 30 years later, the hacker still hasn’t been identified.
jNp1N TIL Disney World has the power to establish schools, form their own criminal justice system and construct a nuclear power plant, although they have not chosen to do that yet.
mxvPx TIL that marketing firm Exactis leaked over 340 million records of personal information on public unprotected servers (data including but not limited to age and gender of children, addresses, pets, smoking habits, etc) and this breach affects nearly every single American.
R5Vda TIL when you experience excitement, your thoughts trigger the pituitary gland to tell the adrenal glands to release adrenaline. This pulls blood to your lungs and muscles (to activate your fight-or-flight response) and away from your stomach. Boom! There are your butterflies.
kmRB TIL that because of an old superstition, several ravens are kept at the Tower of London at all times. These ravens are enlisted soldiers of the Kingdom, and have occasionally been dismissed for bad conduct. While wild ravens live for 10-15 years, Tower ravens can live past 40 years.