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

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KOBB6 TIL the is a term for an "act of throwing someone or something out of a window" called defenestration. It originated in Prague when on two occasions (1419 and 1618) government officials where thrown out of windows, both times starting a war (the Hussite and Thirty Years War)
VBoW8 TIL some people wanted/want California & Oregon to be a little smaller.
R7eol TIL that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was interested in criminal justice and helped exonerate two men of wrongdoing after their cases had been closed. His work in the first case also partially contributed to the establishment of the Court of Criminal Appeal in 1907.
8e9Q4 TIL Nazi officer Otto Skorzeny was put on war crime trial for allegedly using American military uniforms in battle, but was acquitted after successfully arguing that they ditched the uniforms before combat began. He would later be broken out of prison by men disguised in American military uniform.
JYk4m TIL nearly 1 in 4 people regret getting their tattoos. That translates to roughly 7.5 million people who regret it.