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TIL the sound the velociraptors used to communicate in Jurassic Park (1993) was actually the sound of tortoises mating.

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X0MAE TIL of Somaliland, an entirely unrecognized sovereign nation in the de jure territory of Somalia. Since declaring independence in 1991, it has managed to carve out a free, democratic and relatively peaceful and prosperous country in a notoriously war-torn region.
5VoMQ TIL ex-British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, helped invent soft scoop ice cream.
b9jlZ TIL: Point-blank range does not mean extremely close range. It means any distance over which a certain firearm can hit a target without the need to compensate for bullet drop.
neEvr TIL In 1974, Johnny Carson requested that NBC stop airing Tonight Show reruns on the weekend as he wanted to save those reruns for the extra vacation days he was planning to take. NBC wanted to fill those slots, so they hired Lorne Michaels to develop a show. That show became SNL.