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TIL Saltwater Crocodiles are great swimmers, often spotted far out at sea, and even eat sharks.

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V6oB TIL that despite the title, almost all the dinosaurs from Jurassic park lived during the Cretaceous period.
lonwK TIL Dolly Parton gave each family who lost its primary residence in the 2016 TN fires $1,000 a month for five months. When she arrived to help dole out the final payments, she brought the nearly 900 families an unexpected bonus – another $5,000 each for a total of $10,000.
p8bP4 TIL a 64-year-old manager at a French defense manufacturer was gifted a ride as a passenger in a military jet but he failed to secure himself properly in the cockpit and at one point tried to to hold onto the ejector handle, accidentally activating it and ejecting himself mid-flight.
VBkWB TIL: About Zombie Satellites. Which begin communicating again after sometimes decades of inactivity and thought to be lost. There are also amateur groups who hunt for and try to restore communications with them.
17L4 TIL that the the Samurai Sword is one of the most technologically advanced swords despite being an ancient sword making technique