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TIL Humans are closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex is to the Stegosaurus.

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nen9Y TIL it is easy to build a particle physics detector with just a fish tank, alcohol, paper and a hot water bottle. It will show cosmic rays that come from beyond our galaxy.
woye7 TIL that Canada bas a strategic reserve of maple syrup stored in a 270,000 sq ft warehouse, containing over 55 million pounds of syrup, to help stabilize global syrup prices
OoPL6 TIL Daniel Radcliffe has a mild form of the neurological disorder developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia). The motor skill disorder sometimes prevents him from doing simple activities, such as writing or tying his own shoelaces.
LkYA0 TIL the fourth wall is called that because it refers to an imaginary “fourth wall” separating audience members from the cast in a theatre
rmee TIL that James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, was functionally mute for 8 years when he was young.