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TIL March 6 is the official “Day of the Dude”, in the belief system of “Dudeism”

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kO70W Today I learned about the Lythronax (LYE-thro-nax) is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America around 80.6–79.9 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. The only known specimen was discovered in Utah , what's cool is Lythronax translated means "Gore King"
XEDZ8 TIL in the late 1800s Australian surveyors had realised the two tallest mountains, Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Townsend, were mismeasured, and in fact Mt. Townsend was taller. Instead of rewriting many textbooks the NSW government decided to switch the two names, leaving us with what we have today.
DQEVj TIL that in 2007 Andy Samberg won a Primetime Emmy Award for the Lonely Island's song: "Dick in a Box"
rNyW TIL that those “Meth: Not Even Once” public service announcements were directed Darren Aronofsky (of Requiem For A Dream, Pi, Black Swan fame)
6Eklm TIL: The same night Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, she reportedly gave him a Rolex Day-Date with the inscription “JACK, with love as always from MARILYN, May 29th 1962.” JFK told an aide to “get rid of it,”