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TIL India has a vast and rich (and unexplored) dinosaur fossil beds which is not even well known in India

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R5o0Q TIL that in the winters, brown bears produce less amounts of a protein called HSP47 to prevent them from developing blood clots during hibernation.
W0bL TIL that Wladimir Klitschko auctioned off his 1996 Olympic gold medal in March 2012 for charity. The buyer payed $1 million but immediatly returned it because he wanted it to stay in the family.
5YJ1P TIL that singer Buffy Sainte-Marie breastfeeding her son Cody on an episode of Sesame Street in 1977 is hailed as the first TV depiction of breastfeeding.
gEB4 TIL, the postage stamp of The Statue of Liberty depicts not the real statue in New York, but the replica in Las Vegas
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