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TIL less time separates us from T-Rex than T-Rex from Stegosaurus

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XEQXX TIL Elderly Lion Couple at the Los Angeles Zoo that were soulmates were put to sleep at the same time so neither had to live alone
dwB8 TIL that there are more native Spanish speakers in the US than there are in Spain
PXJw TIL of Stanisława Leszczyńska, a polish midwife who was incarcerated at Auschwitz during WW2. Leszczyńska was advised to euthanize the newborns she delivered. She did not comply, did not kill a single child, and delivered over 3,000 children. Today she is an official candidate for sainthood.
VPjD TIL of the “Romanian Treasure”: In 1916 Romania decided to send its vast collection of valuable objects and gold reserves to Russia for safekeeping. Currently Russia still holds the vast majority of it, valued at over $1.5 Billion USD
P15ve TIL During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist proposed to President Roosevelt to bomb Japan with timed explosives attached to thousands of bats.