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TIL of Carnufex, a giant ancient crocodile that walked upright on two feet and lived in North Carolina 231 million years ago

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4X0lR TIL of the Westall UFO encounter, which occurred on 6 April 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where more than 200 students and teachers saw a UFO in broad daylight.
wLKX1 TIL that in 1944 Dutch Resistance members dressed as German SD (intelligence agents) went into Leeuwarden prison, and walked out with 39 prisoners, and all vanished into the city. No shots were fired, and the Germans never caught anyone.
Z8NXY TIL about FNG Syndrome. Instead of rotating units into and out of Vietnam, the US military replaced individual members. The replacements were subjected to abuse from their peers, leading to an increase in the number of psychiatric casualties who were removed from the battlefield
j69Nj TIL that the US has a national cycling route network, the United States Bicycle Route System. It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes with off-road paths, bicycle lanes, and low-traffic roads.
nW8Rd TIL that at the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the world record for the 4 x 100m freestyle relay (swimming) was 3:12.46. In the final heat, six countries beat that time.