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TIL Before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the region we now know as North Carolina was ruled by a fearsome, bipedal, 9-foot-long crocodile ancestor known as Carnufex carolinensis, or the “Carolina Butcher.”

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VMkpD TIL that Honest Tea holds a yearly experiment. They set up a stand offering a bottle of tea for $1 on the honor system, and the number of drinks taken are compared to the amount of money received. Americans were roughly 90% honest, and the city of Honolulu, Hawaii was 100% honest 2 years in a row
NXVd6 TIL about Harland Fairweather, who died in April 2017, aged 97. He was survived by his mother, who died five months later at age 117.
xmQ7 TIL Bob Marley, against popular belief, didn’t believe in smoking marijuana for recreation. He thought cannabis should be used for religious and medicinal purposes.
4X5da TIL Winston Churchill loved drinking. A visitor noted: "There is always some alcohol in his blood, and it reaches its peak late in the evening after he has had two or three scotches, several glasses of champagne, at least two brandies, and a highball..." Churchill passed away at the age of 90.
yQXmM TIL that none of Haiti's first nine Presidents served their full terms and retired voluntarily; all either died of disease, natural causes, were overthrown, declared themselves emperor, or were (most commonly) sent into exile.