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TIL Carl Sagan wrote a peer-reviewed paper while at Stanford with a NASA grant outlining it is probable aliens have visited the earth and feasible they have impacted our civilizations.

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Lk5LQ TIL for 49 years the dinosaur Deinocheirus remained a mystery, known only for having the longest "arms" in the bipedal dinosaur world at almost 8 feet long. 2 near complete skeletons found by poachers were finally described in 2014, reveling a strange unexpected body shape.
a5Vy TIL Braille was based on a tactile military code called night writing, developed in response to Napoleon’s demand for a means for soldiers to communicate silently at night and without a light source. It proved to be too difficult for soldiers to recognize by touch, and was rejected by the military
OOJe TIL A man changed his name by deed poll to match his misprinted airline ticket as it was cheaper than paying the airline’s admin fee.
xV6N7 TIL of 666 5th Avenue, that Kushner Properties tried to sell in part at an overinflated price to a Chinese Insurance Group that would wipe out 80% of the Kushner's $1.2B debt that is due in early 2019.
lo045 TIL Tanzania auctions off Hippo Teeth 'Ivory' allegedly to collect money to fund conservation efforts for the said animal