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oBk87 TIL An American woman from California named Carla de Vries kissed Hitler at the Berlin Olympics in 1936
Eg6L7 TIL Many of the dinosaurs featured in Jurassic Park, such as Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, did not evolve until after the Jurassic Period was over
kObx7 TIL Peru uses an ingenious system of "fog catchers" to make water accessible to residents of capital Lima's low-income neighborhoods. The fog catchers resemble large rectangular sailboat sails, which are composed of nylon nets that trap microdroplets of water.
5Y1v8 TIL in 1943 a farmer was preparing his land when a volcano started growing under his feet. The volcano, known as Paricutín would grow to a 424m high cone and engulf 2 towns in lava.
OlD4 TIL that the diet of the Bearded Vulture is ~90% bones, allowing it to return to a carcass long after other scavengers have removed any soft tissues. Bones too large to swallow are dropped from great height to crack them into smaller pieces.