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TIL that most of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park weren't Jurrasic at all, they were Cretaceous.

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X0jmR TIL in the 1946 California gubernatorial election, Earl Warren was the nominee for both the Republican and Democratic Party. He won with 91.64% of the vote and the candidate in second place was the nominee for the Prohibition Party.
JNX8 TIL that Mars has only 10% the mass of the Earth.
yPBa TIL The classic beetle was manufactured by VW until 2003
EgJ5X TIL that Because English and British generals insisted The French unit that helped librate Paris would be all white, a white french unit had to be shipped in from Morocco, and was supplemented with volunteers from Spain and Portugal. Making it all white but not all French.
W7kjd TIL that two executive mansions were specifically built for the President of the US before the White House. Neither was ever used by a President.