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Today I Learned that a Far Side cartoon resulted in the tail spikes of a stegosaurus being named "Thagomizer".

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PYYvE TIL that the southernmost place in Canada is at the lattitude of Barcelona and that 27 states U.S. states lie all or partly north of this point
YAXx TIL all San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board-members are required to ride transit at least once a week
wL4b8 TIL the phenomenon of wind throb from an open car window is called Helmholtz resonance, and is the same thing occurring when you blow across an open bottle to produce a tone.
MeoV0 TIL that a certain species of Bamboo can grow 91 cm (36 in) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 4 cm (1.6 in) an hour.
dAV8 TIL that CAPTCHA is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”