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TIL that prior to being given its formal description, the Lythronax tyrannosaur genus was referred to as 'Nipple Butte Tyrannosaur'

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LQgDm TIL the White House acknowledges 11 hauntings throughout the building including Thomas Jefferson playing the violin and President Tyler proposing to his wife.
KOeVB TIL of the Sloot Digital Coding System which allegedly could compress a whole movie to 8kb, but the creator died before releasing the code and only parts of it have been recovered
grlLb TIL that pronouncing Arkansas as "Arkansaw" is required by Arkansas state law. "-as" is how French explorers spelled what they heard local Indians say as their name for the region, which Americans spelled as "-aw". The 1881 law honors the French spelling and Indian pronunciation.
Ype4W TIL alcohol-related deaths account for 3 million deaths annually, which is 7 times more fatalities than homicide. It is the number one cause of death of people between the ages of 15 and 49.
PYp1G TIL that after conquering Britain, the Nazis planned to deport all men aged between 17 and 45 to Germany to perform slave labour, while the remaining population was terrorised