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TIL that crocodilians are the closest living relatives of birds

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enP6 TIL a theater manager in South Korea felt that “The Sound of Music” was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
WGd9 TIL only one of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies has lost money (Wide Awake in 1998)
ADpWg TIL alligators can sense when a body of water is about to freeze, and will stick their noses above the surface and allow themselves to be frozen in place.
BgBmk Til that only three objects have ever been recovered from inside the great pyramid
GJlJ TIL that during Operation Shingle (a battle in Italy during World War 2) Eric Fletcher Waters was shot and killed, leaving behind his son in England. This kid’s name was Rodger Waters, the bassist and main lyricist for Pink Floyd. The death of his father was the inspiration for the album The Wall.