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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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EpDx TIL that the opposite of paranoia is called Pronoia - believing in the existence of a conspiracy to help the person.
XEvDE TIL during the Great Depression, the mortality rate of the US population actually improved. People lived on average 6 years longer.
LQL0m TIL that in Tiger Woods 99 for the PlayStation 1, in the first 100,000 copies of the game had an Easter egg that a developer snuck in when put into a computer, it contained a DAT. file that would play the first ever South Park short made. These copies were later recalled by EA
0wNy TIL in 1957 Burkhard Heim, a German physicist, theorized a propulsion system that could reach Mars in as little as five hours, and this system is still being researched today.
grmaA TIL that the oldest found wooden construction—from about 1/2mil years ago—predates Homo Sapiens 😲