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TIL in the movie Jurrasic Park, the velociraptor noises were made from tortoises having sex.

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ADRL7 TIL that the lead sound from Kygo’s Hit song Firestone can be made on the Novation Peak synthesiser. Watch the video and you will learn how its made.
rk04 TIL when Mario Lemieux’s son Austin was born prematurely in 1996, the family spent a lot of time in the hospital with him, and found that older children there had no place to play. Guided by his wife’s Nathalie vision, they set up play rooms across hospitals in the US, opening the 29th one in 2014.
VBWjD TIL Anna Wintour is so avoidant of contact with her junior staff, that once one girl of her staff witnessed her trip and fall in a hallway, she walked past her without offering assistance, and was later told she "did absolutely the right thing."
1aEpV TIL the most cited scientific paper in history, authored by Oliver H. Lowry, described one of the most important biological technique to easily measure the amount of protein in a solution based on their interaction with copper ions. It is now known as the Lowry's test.
oXJW TIL President Lincoln loved cats and once had them eat at the White House dining table during a formal dinner.