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TIL Dinosaurs were neither warm nor cold-blooded, instead “mesothermic” or in between

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LQvLv TIL in 2015, Devon Staples, who used to work at Disney World and would dress up as Gaston and Goofy, died instantly after attempting to launch a firework off his head while celebrating the Fourth of July with his friends.
GYgkE TIL that deaf people who speak ASL (???????? Sign Language) are unable to understand those who speak BANZSL (???????? + ???????? + ????????). There is only a 31% overlap between the two languages, meaning that even though their respective countries speak English, their deaf communities are unable to communicate.
dAM8 TIL Morgan Freeman said the concept of a month dedicated to black history is “ridiculous”: “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.”
p88pA You carry around enough bacteria to fill a large soup can
BGlL TIL Facebook steals billions of views from YouTube by rigging their algorithms, counting views after 3 seconds, and “freebooting,” or downloading someone else’s copyrighted content and uploading it into Facebook’s video player