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TIL that dinosaurs may have danced like birds to woo mates

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4Y85 TIL the international data code for Switzerland is CH, which stands for Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name for the country. Switzerland chose this code to avoid favouring any of their four official languages.
woeoY TIL: HP was busted multiple times shipping their laptops like the EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion and Envy with keyloggers that could record keystrokes to a local file accessible by anyone. This alarming discovery by a cyber-security firm impacted over 460 laptop models. And it happend multiple times.
PmpO TIL dark matter could warm certain planets in the place of a sun, allowing life to arise on a sunless planet.
GR1g TIL: Johnny Depp owes the start of his career to director Wes Craven’s daughter who saw Johnny’s audition photos and said, “He’s beautiful!” Convincing Wes to cast Depp as Glen in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.
60OZ TIL that whales’ throats and blowholes aren’t connected. Also, what they spray isn’t water, but a mixture of condensation and mucus.