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TIL it was only 200 years ago Humans discovered Dinosaurs.

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64jZ TIL after X-raying a prayer book from the 13th century scientists discovered the pages had readable traces of an unknown work by Archimedes. The remarkable work book contained treatises on infinity written 2,000 years before anyone else thought up the concept.
e0MVL TIL that the distinctive look of the Curious George books is because, to save money, the artist hand-painted colour separations for a CMYK printing process. Hence the heavy use of primary colours and fringing on secondary ones.
E1JpP TIL that the West African lungfish can survive up to 3.5 years without food or water. It has been around for 400 million years & their gills have evolved to obtain oxygen from the air as well as water. During estivation they get nutrients by digests its muscle tissue & can go on for years!
N7moP TIL of the song "Ngge Loves a Watermelon", also known as that melody played by ice cream trucks.
naJW TIL Genghis Khan may have been killed by an arrow to the knee