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TIL humans live closer to the time of the T-Rex than the T.rex lived to the time of Stegosaurus

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WRo9 TIL Dave Grohl filled in for Cage the Elephant for multiple shows after their drummer’s appendix burst
M7jNb TIL about Charles Feeney, the Irish- American businessman that secretly donated $8 Billion in his lifetime.
rN9No TIL that President Andrew Jackson bested Charles Dickinson in a duel after he had insulted his wife. He was shot first in the duel, but won, and the bullet could not be safely removed afterward for 40 years.
x6BEw TIL the Pentagon used to route all data wires through one wall so 9/11 could've been so much worse
pYRGp TIL Athletes Once Downed Champagne—and Strychnine—for Energy Boost