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

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bkv4 TIL that death as a result of shaken vending machines is twice as common as death from a shark attack.
m1gjM TIL That peanut-free schools don't decrease risk of allergic reactions. The only intervention which has been shown to decrease reactions across all ages is use of a peanut-free table.
VMQMm TIL Dolly Parton wrote "Jolene" and "I will always love you" in the same night
7rjWP TIL waffle cones, reclining chairs, and playgrounds were all popularized in America as a result of the tuberculosis epidemic of the early 1900s.
QNVM9 TIL that in Australia, the phrase "doing a Bradbury" means achieving an unexpected or unusual success. The phrase references Steven Bradbury, a short-track speed skater, that won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics from last place, after the entire field ahead of him crashed out on the final corner