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TIL The ancient Greeks may have based their mythological monsters off fossilised dinosaurs they discovered

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9YrkM TIL that if you were born after October 31 2000 there has been someone living in space continuously for your entire life.
MePK TIL Bill Nye the science guy was a student of Carl Sagan
b9DgZ TIL that the longest and most expensive criminal case in American history, a 15 year investigation of 321 counts of child abuse, led to no convictions and was likely "simply invented" and the result of mass hysteria.
9YyWr TIL Blaise Diagne,born in Senegal,was the 1st black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1914,also hold a position in the French gvt. His son would become the 1st black footballer in France,and won it in 1936. His grandson would be mayor of a French town until he died in 2017
l8aa TIL During one week in November 1994, Tim Allen simultaneously starred in the highest grossing film (The Santa Clause), topped the New York Times best-seller list with his book Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, and appeared in the top rated television series (Home Improvement)