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TIL The UK Has More Speed Cameras Than US

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wLaNW TIL that the “Horned crocodile -faced hell heron” dinosaur was one of two new dinosaur species recently discovered on the UK’s Isle of Wight. Each were about 30 feet long and lived 125 million years ago.
d8YWj TIL During the American Revolution, a Virginian Officer named Charles Lynch became so famous for hanging Loyalist they called it Lynches Law. Thus, the act of hanging a Tory became known as lynching.
Z8n0Y TIL about Msscribe. Someone who had the Harry Potter Fanfiction community fooled for years. Or, as this video described her, "one of the internet's most impressive liars"
4XjVX TIL of the $23 million dollar toilets designed by NASA for deep space missions. With odor control being a serious issue, NASA pays certified sniffers to smell the toilets after they've been used to evaluate odor-control measures. The lead engineer calls them the "unsung heroes of the space program".
4XGWR TIL about Margaret Cochran a woman that fought in the American war of independence while disguised as a man. She was also the first woman to receive a military pension.