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TIL of a fossil known as “Fighting Dinosaurs”. Preserved remains of a Protoceratops and a Velociraptor trapped in combat.

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9w7Wp TIL of the 1950's Quiz Show Scandal. It was discovered that several televised quiz shows were fixing the winners, leading to public outrage. In response, Congress passed a federal law that outlaws any contest or game with "prearranged or predetermined" winners or an "intent to deceive the audience."
XEDaE TIL that news channels owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group are required to do 'must-run' segments. Which is a centralized system of mandating news stories, reports or segments at all 193 (soon 233) stations that SBG owns
ANaBo TIL corned beef was made by curing the meat with “corns” of salt
jNwNE TIL that though the term has become genericized, “Seeing Eye dog” is a registered trademark reserved for guide dogs trained by The Seeing Eye, Inc., the oldest existing guide dog school in the world.
vPea4 TIL Nintendo gave Game Informer a sarcastic certificate as a response to GI's negative review on Mario Party 1 & 2