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TIL that less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus rex than separated T. rex from Stegosaurus

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kpdd TIL that The Go-Go’s were the first, and to date only, all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.
neVo7 TIL A survey of ~80,000 words estimated the origin of English words to be 28.3% French, 28.24% Latin, 25% Germanic, 5.32% Greek, 4.04% No etymology given, 3.28% Proper names, all other languages < 1%.
AODl TIL a woman suffering an asthma attack died after 2 EMT workers told people to call 911 because they were on break
4ngo TIL that a pigeon skeleton found in a chimney was carrying a WW2 code which GCHQ were unable to decrypt. Code is included in text.
nWvNB TIL that the first recorded organism to reproduce sexually is a red algae called “Bangiomorpha pubescens” found in 1.2 billion-year-old rock deposits.