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TIL the dinosaurs are only on screen for 15 minutes in the original Jurassic Park film.

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8aJoX TIL of Otto Skorzeny, an SS commando who among other feats rescued Mussolini from a mountaintop prison, spread chaos undercover in American uniform and was later recruited by the Mossad
M7g4B Today I learned that trampoline safety nets were invented in 1997, but by 2006 80% of new trampolines sold had nets.
V7BD TIL rapper Rakim, universally considered one of the greatest rap lyricists ever, quit Dr. Dre’s record label because Dr. Dre wanted him to rap about things like “killing somebody”, while Rakim wanted to rap more about “bringing somebody to life”.
5YDl9 TIL snoop dog has a full time blunt roller on staff.
jZxR TIL that until 2006 U2 paid no tax in Ireland due to an exemption for artists. When the exemption was capped at $315,000, the band moved its accounts to the Netherlands, rather than face a multi-million tax bill for album sales and royalties.