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TIL All modern birds can be considered dinosaurs. An alligator is not.

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GYP0Q TIL the Yersinia pestis bacteria is responsible for 3 plague pandemics in history. This included the Plague of Justinian in the 6th century, the Black Death in the 14th century, and the Third Pandemic in the 19th and 20th century.
oBBNo TIL that in a matter of minutes the Chicxulub meteorite impact (of dino killing fame) created a hole 30km deep and then an isostatic rebound higher than the Himalayas before collapsing.
x6vQk TIL Americans are twice as likely to kill themselves than be killed by another person
palp TIL on November 5, 1995, a deranged man entered the home of the Canadian Prime Minister with the intention of assassinating him. He was thwarted in his attempt when the wife of the Prime Minister simply locked their bedroom door.
4KMb TIL the the first person to ever unlock an iPhone was 17 year old George Hotz, who subsequently traded it for 3 more iPhones and a Nissan 350z.