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TIL that ‘paddywhack’ is the nuchal ligament of sheep and cattle - often dried to make a dog treat! (With a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone…)

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XEdZj TIL Hatcher, the first Triceratops specimen to go on exhibit, was pieced together in 1905 from ten different fossilized specimens and became the centerpiece of the "Hall of Extinct Monsters," and later on underwent 3D replacement as a result of "pyrite disease" after 1998
jbpp TIL of “learned helplessness”, when an organism has endured enough averse stimuli which it was unable to escape or avoid, it gives up and becomes unable to learn escape in the future, even in situations where such behavior would be effective
b9jL4 TIL the "Nuclear football" is a mobile command center that can launch a nuclear strike to any city on Earth in under 3 minutes.
gkrA TIL coach Paul Bear Bryant was once asked to contribute $10 to help pay for a sportswriter’s funeral. According to legend, he said, “Here’s a twenty, bury two.”
OG711 TIL Enamel is made of powdered glass