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TIL that Tyrannosaurus rex's tiny arms were actually extremely strong and are speculated to have been used to grasp struggling prey while it was killed by the tyrannosaur's enormous jaws, assist the tyrannosaur when rising from a prone position and grasp a mate during copulation.

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