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TIL Germany passed a legislation in 1985 that made it illegal to deny the existence of the Holocaust

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E1dvp TIL that the Triceratops possessed a ball-and-socket joint at the base of its skull, not found in any dinosaur or any mammal today. This joint would have allowed it to maneuver its head almost 360 degrees, allowing movement to any direction in a fraction of a second.
ADveg TIL of the euphemism treadmill, the concept of language being phased out and replaced due to offensive connections. For example, moron and idiot were legitimate medical terms, but were phased out due to people using them as insults. They were replaced with retarded, which has also been phased out.
4XK8X TIL that the political terms “left”, “right”, and “center” originated from the seating arrangement of the French Parliament after the French Revolution. Moderates sat in the center, conservatives on the right, etc.
KOAJQ TIL Johnny Cash's song "A Boy Named Sue" was actually written by Shel Silverstein (author/poet of children's books "The Giving Tree"; "Where the Sidewalk Ends"; and "A Light in the Attic")
Y7Lyr TIL a tortoise died in 2006. It was reportedly 176 years old and collected by Charles Darwin himself, during his 1885 voyage.