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TIL that Dinosaurs lived on Earth for 150 million years. We’ve been around for just 0.1% of that time.

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mnAp TIL the only compromise for censoring the cover of Nevermind that Kurt Cobain would accept was a sticker covering the baby’s penis that would say, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
N7101 TIL Dexter, the U.S. Navy’s very last working horse, was stationed in Philadelphia to haul trash, and upon his passing in 1968, he was buried with full military honors.
5VwWp TIL Betty Crocker's Bisquick, "A World of Baking in a Box," is review-bombed and has lowered sales. The recipe was changed in 2022; recipes now require the addition of oil. Bisquick fans are unaware of the formula changes (following old recipes not the ones on the box).
QJxQd TIL of Israel Keyes, a serial killer who had no preferred victim type and never killed in the same area twice. For one murder, he flew to Chicago and rented a car to get to Vermont, then used a murder kit he’d hidden two years earlier. When shopping, he kept his phone off and only paid in cash.
9jYr TIL there is a thin wire that circles Manhatten (and other cities) that permits Orthodox Jews to act as if they were inside their home for their day of rest.