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TIL Evidence for social hunting in Raptor Dinosaurs is basically nonexistent. Scientists believe they behaved closer to crocodiles rather than wolves as is widely accepted.

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OoNZa TIL there is a town in Alaska called Nikolaevsk that is primarily Russian-speaking
xVg8b TIL that in 2000, 2 Italian brothers and their friend crossed the Atlantic Ocean by car
WknJ9 TIL that the colour Indigo means "India Dye". It was produced from a plant which grows in South Asia. This was highly profitable for the colonial trade by the East India Company.
78MDP Today I learned Gatorade created a sport institute that successfully influenced the sport industry into thinking that we must drink (their) beverages otherwise we will cramp.
LkrQ TIL that speakers of the tonal language Mandarin are 10x more likely to develop perfect pitch than native English speakers (bottom graph page 5).