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TIL over 800 dinosaur species have been discovered since 2003.

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044M TIL La Rinconada, Peru the highest elevated city on earth has a goldmine where miners work for 30 days without pay. On the 31st day they are allowed to take as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders.
gM5GD TIL that the furthest detected individual star is 14.4 billion light years from Earth. We can detect it from so far away because gravity from objects between us and the star have warped its light, magnifying it 2000 times and focusing the star's light onto Earth for telescopes to pick up.
XAXE TIL Poison Dart Frogs are poisonous due to the diet. Frogs raised in captivity are not poisonous.
ADY0a TIL in 2015, Ireland's GDP had a massive 26% spike. All because Apple moved it's intellectual property assets into Ireland for tax purposes.
VAkD TIL Scientists in Japan have found a way to visualize images from dreams using MRI scans