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TIL in the early 20th century there were baby alligators in the Boston Public Garden. They were fed live rats and mice by local residents

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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.
BrWXr TIL Louis Braille, inventor of the system of reading and writing for the visually impaired, braille, created the system using the same tool he blinded himself with as a boy, an awl.
xVaQ5 TIL that eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by DNA testing, playing a role in more than 70% of convictions overturned through DNA testing nationwide.
GA9rE TIL NASA’s internet speed is 91 GB per second
WkxW4 TIL people have composed music specifically for cats, and cats actually seem to like it.