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TIL that dinosaurs may have danced like birds to woo mates

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j6AJp TIL that the DSV Limiting Factor, a submarine that is used to dive into the deepest point of Earth, is owned by Valve's (makers of Steam, a PC gaming storefront) Gabe Newell.
Y7LXv TIL that Gerard Way started My Chemical Romance after seeing 9/11 happen on his way to work in New York City. Seeing thousands of people die in front of him made him reassess his life and decide to take a chance on a music career.
gML5W TIL a TV station in Atlanta, Georgia once broadcast a story on a new kind of Krispy Kreme donut. The caption in the image behind the on-air reporter read, "So good you'll suck dick."
b6vMp TIL: Kleenex was invented as a cotton substitute for use by doctors during WWI
7r1Db TIL two programmer-musicians wrote every possible MIDI melody in existence to a hard drive, copyrighted the whole thing, and then released it all to the public in an attempt to stop musicians from getting sued.