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TIL scientists recently discovered a pregnant dinosaur for the first time, allowing us to learn about egg laying and gender differences in dinosaurs

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eWrb TIL that there were Muslim artists who depicted Mohammed in full or with a partially hidden face
X0gnQ TIL Littering can result in imprisonment of up to six years in Tennessee
R78M1 TIL even though diamonds are the hardest material known to man, they can be smashed and shattered by a hammer because hardness only determines how scratch resistant something is, not how strong it is.
BgRpL TIL that the popular chemical brand WD-40 stands for Water Displacement-40, the 40 referring to the 40th attempt to successfully create a solution that actually worked, and it was originally meant to be specifically for aeronautics.
E4Pw TIL that in 1980, Lake Peigneur disappeared into a salt mine due to a triangulation error of a drill site. Video footage exists of the lake sucking in barges and other things.