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TIL that crocodilians are the closest living relatives of birds

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x6N75 TIL after William Jennings Bryan finished his Cross of Gold speech, the audience was completely silent. Bryan said that it was "really painful" and that he thought he had failed, but when he returned to his seat the entire audience went into pandemonium and it took 25 minutes to restore order.
9YPYm TIL that 18th-century scientists believed that sperm contained tiny preformed humans that implanted in the woman’s reproductive system to grow in size.
GYP77 TIL Laika Studios, the company behind stop motion classics such as Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, is owned by Phil Knight, cofounder of Nike, and run by his son, Travis Knight.
YLoB TIL that on the day Deepwater Horizon exploded, BP officials had gathered on the platform to celebrate 7 years without an injury or accident
x6gKk TIL that of the top 5 Serial killers with the highest known victim count, 3 are Colombian