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TIL a USA pint is approximately 20% smaller than an imperial pint

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nkPB TIL that up until 1977 an IQ of 70 or lower meant that sterilization was appropriate in North Carolina
ZeJa TIL that Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame, suffers from a form of “developmental coordination disorder.” On a bad day, he has trouble tying his own shoelaces.
4XW9J TIL Deinonychus, meaning "terrible claw", was the first dinosaur linked to modern birds. It had a long, talon-like claw to help disembowel prey, and it had FEATHERS!
9nRr TIL the 1964 Alaska Megathrust quake (magnitude 9.2) was so violent it drove land vertically upwards by 30 feet and liquified the soil, creating vast forests of dead trees still standing today.
OoOVX TIL : Brine Pool - the mystical lake of death at the bottom of the sea. A brine pool is a large area of brine on the ocean basin with salinity three to eight times greater than the surrounding ocean acting as a death-trap to any unfortunate creature that strays into its toxic waters