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TIL T-Rex didn't roar, but it instead made a much more ominous deep, rumbling sound that it could produce without even opening it's mouth.

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6gnY TIL Arab inventor al-Jazari created several humanoid robots in the 1200s, including a drink-serving “waitress”, a hand-washing automaton, and a programmable music-playing robot band.
mxPNy TIL During WW1 the british army created “Pals Battalions” which let men fight alongside their friends, neighbours and colleagues. The objective of these battalions were so soldiers would fight harder and keep each others spirits up.
vQBL TIL Curling is believed to be one of the world’s oldest team sports.
aj70 TIL: CBS is not officially authorized to broadcast the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2012 Macy’s rerouted the parade to make it more difficult for CBS to broadcast.
Zwdp TIL that gifs would load ~8 times faster if we converted them all to HTML5 video