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TIL that despite the title, almost all the dinosaurs from Jurassic park lived during the Cretaceous period.

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epW56 TIL that Japan hosts between 100,000 and 300,000 festivals annually, many of which are linked to Shinto beliefs and involve traditional dances and music.
X096 TIL that PETA, on average, euthanizes 85% of the animals it “saves.”
wD41 TIL Noah Webster(the same Webster of Webster’s Dictionary) decided American’s should be independent, so he changed the spelling of many words from their English counterparts.
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