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TIL Because of its massive size, a T-Rex could only run at 12 miles per hour. If it ran any faster, its bones would've shattered.

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9kvM TIL that a man has replicated what the Rebel Yell in the American Civil War sounded like
Mlv0 Today I learned that in 1983, Russian Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov heroically prevented a full retaliatory nuclear attack against the United States and NATO allies when his Oko nuclear early warning system detected 6 missiles coming from the U.S. and he immediately declared it a false alarm.
0wAaN TIL that in 2008, an Australian court case costing over a million dollars had to be aborted when it was realized that five out of the twelve jurors were playing Sudoku instead of paying attention.
EgrKV TIL the Mayans have Ixtab, the goddess of suicide by hanging. In some cases hanging was seen as a honorable way to die.
WO19 TIL John Cleese’s ex-wife is now worth more than him due to their divorce settlement