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TIL a fossilized mammal was discovered with a dinosaur in it’s stomach that it had eaten, proving Mesozoic mammals (our ancestors) did eat dinosaurs.

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neZ0o TIL Paul Castellano, the future head of the Gambino crime family, allegedly ordered the 1975 murder of Vito Borelli, the boyfriend of his daughter Constance, because he compared him to Frank Perdue, the owner and spokesperson for Perdue Farms, and felt insulted
nevMb TIL much of St Peter's Basilica was funded by selling indulgences, meaning letters excusing you from sin. Rich people sometimes even bought these in advance, for sins they planned on committing.
l7RK1 TIL all 1,000 people that attended Genghis Khan’s funeral were killed by executioners, who were then killed by members of his escort, who then committed suicide, just to keep the location a secret. It hasn’t been found.
mvry TIL Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste (they are able to extract pollutants, including radioactive metal contaminants, through their roots and store them in the stems and leaves. Making them the international symbol of nuclear disarmament).
e0yj5 TIL of Tiberius Claudius Drusus, the son of Roman Emperor Claudius who was choked by a pear. Claudius Drusus was playing and tossed a pear high in the air. When it came back, he caught it in his mouth but he choked on it. He died of asphyxiation.