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TIL that All Star by Smash Mouth turns 18 this year.

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yQpOe TIL about Jack Horner, a paleontologist, who along with his research partner discovered a new dinosaur genus which they named Maiasaura. He was the technical advisor for all of the Jurassic Park films and is now working on the DinoChicken project in hopes to create a dinosaur using chicken DNA.
BoZd TIL in the US, it is legal for employers to set a maximum IQ for a job. The thinking is that people with high IQs pose a greater risk of quitting compared to those with average IQs.
J1wAl TIL that a 700 year old lead sarcophagus was discovered under the floor of the Notre Dame cathedral after it was burnt down. And that the sarcophagus will be opened sometime soon.
MDK0 TIL the soundtrack to ‘O Brother, Where art thou?’ is certified 8 times platinum.
9wxgX til, largely because the tech industry has so wholeheartedly embraced work-from-home, activity in San Francisco’s downtown remains at roughly a third of prepandemic levels — lower than in about 50 other major cities