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TIL More people get attacked every year by a cow than by a shark.

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wLaNW TIL that the “Horned crocodile -faced hell heron” dinosaur was one of two new dinosaur species recently discovered on the UK’s Isle of Wight. Each were about 30 feet long and lived 125 million years ago.
ElQ7 TIL - Vermont abolished slavery in 1777, while it was still independent, and when it joined the United States as the 14th state in 1791 it was the first state to join untainted by slavery.
D1bDD TIL it takes a crane and $50 000 to castrate a hippo in Columbia
xwM0 TIL that there is always at least one handgun on board the International Space Station.
LkBRV Today I learned this interesting piece of history about the 19th century colonial railroad race to Yunnan! Connecting railways lines across the Asian landscapes in a bid to exert imperial dominance in Southeast Asia.