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TIL that the myth of the Griffin probably began when fossils of Protoceratops skulls were found in gold mines near ancient Greece.

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Xoor TIL that a four-year-old boy named Roger Lausier was saved by a woman named Alice Blaise; nine years later, Roger saved Alice’s husband from drowning at the same beach.
awwpA TIL Star-nosed moles smell underwater by exhaling air bubbles onto objects and then re-inhaling them to smell the scents they have trapped.
5Qlr TIL that Vlad the Impaler stopped payment of tributes to the Turks. Turkish ambassadors went to Vlad, demanding immediate payment. Vlad, hearing that they were not prepared to remove their turbans as a mark of respect while in his presence, had the turbans nailed to their heads.
5xlP TIL 66 years ago today, the Berlin Airlift began. Landing one plane per minute for over a year, the airlift brought in 5000 tons of food and coal per day to Berlin.
v11ZK TIL Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were sentenced to be dragged behind horses until dead. Then their genitals cut off and burnt before their eyes before their dead bodies were decapitated