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TIL Gary Larson coined the term “Thagomizer” in one of his comics to describe the spikes on stegosaurus’s tail, after the fate of a poor caveman named Thag. It is now a recognised scientific term in palaeontology, in tribute to Larson.

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YNk7 TIL in 2010, a Kansas State University professor went on a Twinkie diet, where he ate mainly Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos to prove to his students that calorie counting is the important part of losing weight, not nutritional content. He lost 27 pounds in 2 months.
rR66o TIL that the FDA tested 94 dark chocolate bars for the presence of milk. Only six of the bars listed milk as an ingredient, however, an additional 51 bars contained milk with no indication on the label.
16JJ7 TIL about Marshall Applewhite, the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult, who falsely believed, along with his followers, that a spacecraft was located behind the Hale-Bopp Comet when it passed by Earth in 1997.
NXPM1 TIL: The "pudding" that is supposed to be included in a "full English breakfast" isn't a desert, it's a "blood sausage."
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