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TIL an almost perfectly preserved dinosaur was found in a Canadian oil sands mine in 2011. The 2,500 pound fossil was unveiled to the public in 2017 and is currently on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada.

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rZGy TIL after escaping an Australian prison, 6 starving convicts cannibalized the dying men 1 by 1 til the last survivor was captured. He escaped jail again with 1 man, then killed & ate him despite having other food left, saying human meat was “delicious” & better than fish or pork
Wkapd TIL Hugh Hefner Playboy mansion had secret underground tunnels that lead to certain Hollywood celebrities homes. Let's talk about it. The 1970s were the decade to be invited to the Playboy Mansion, and it seems some stars wanted easy access.
Rbd6 TIL that Jimmy Carter once left the codes required to initiate a nuclear attack in a jacket he sent to the dry cleaners
4XLj6 TIL the guy from the My Pillow commercials was a crack addict who thought of the idea to start a pillow company while hgh on a crack binge and woke up to the word "My Pillow" written all over the walls of his kitchen... then he actually followed through with the idea and eventually got sober.
5VrvD TIL James Beck was a prominent art historian who criticized the restoration of both the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo and the Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. He believed that restoring an artwork risked altering it and instead advocated for conservation of artworks in their present state.