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TIL that there is a Dinosaur named after the Harry Potter franchise. DRACOREX HOGSWARTIA

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eZBb TIL there is a language in the northwest of Russia called Teri Sami, which is on the brink of extinction, as only 2 people remain who speak it fluently
eOlD TIL there is controversy over whether Cinderella’s shoes are made of glass or of squirrel leather, the two words being homophones in French (vair/verre)
x5xw TIL: Ray Charles gave 10 of his 12 children each a check for $1 million at a family luncheon, while the other two couldn’t make it.
Jk5j TIL of King Mithridates of Pontus, who ingested many different poisons in graduating amounts to become immune so that he couldn’t be poisoned by his enemies. When he was captured, he tried to commit suicide by poisoning himself but failed because he was immune.
M4m0 TIL Astronaut Steven Swanson – a big Firefly fan – took copies of Firefly and Serenity to the ISS in 2007 and added them to the space station’s movie library.