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TIL that the single largest dinosaur bone ever found is a 2.5 metre (8.2ft) long femur bone belonging to an Argentinosaurus that roamed the earth about 90 million years ago. The dinosaur’s total length would of been around 35 metres (115ft) and weighed in excess of 70 tonnes.

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