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TIL that in Crystal Palace Park, London, are the oldest-known dinosaur sculptures, based entirely off fossil findings discovered in the 1850’s. They are very inaccurate.

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4X9Nb TIL of Operation Dawn Raid, where Malaysia acquired Guthrie on 7 September 1981, the oldest and 2nd largest plantation company on London Stock Exchange by surprise.
P6vL TIL when TWA Flight 1 crashed into a mountain in 1936, surviving flight attendant Nellie Granger followed telephone wires for 4 miles to get help and call the TWA office and notify them of the crash. Nobody realized that the plane had crashed before the call. She then walked back with help.
9Y6N7 TIL modern DNA testing exists due to Yellowstone park, as DNA polymerase chain reaction is made possible by a chemical isolated from Yellowstone Park bacteria
APW7 TIL a barcode scanner reads the white bars, and not the black bars
XEo78 TIL of the discovery of the San Jose Shipwreck. Considered the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, its loot is valued at $17B in Gold, Silver and Emeralds. The ship went down on Jun 8, 1708 and was lost at sea until 2015 off the coast of Columbia. Its exact location is kept secret today.