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TIL that our heads are older than our feet.

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Wab4 TIL that the Wahgi people of Papua New Guinea paint their shields with images of the Phantom comic book character after American GIs shared their comic books with tribe members during World War II
BrA0D TIL that Velociraptors were the size of a turkey in real life, not 2m (6 1⁄2 ft) tall as they were portrayed in Jurassic Park movie.
JEOm TIL Iran’s Air Force Flies American-Made F-14 Tomcats
ZpRBG TIL that during System of a Down and Slipknot’s Pledge of Allegiance Tour, SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian was racially profiled and beaten by security guards upon trying to enter backstage
n5vB TIL South Africa has no legally defined capital city. Rather, the country’s three branches of government are split over different cities: (Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein).