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TIL Hatcher, the first Triceratops specimen to go on exhibit, was pieced together in 1905 from ten different fossilized specimens and became the centerpiece of the "Hall of Extinct Monsters," and later on underwent 3D replacement as a result of "pyrite disease" after 1998

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01R1 TIL the Slovakian women’s hockey team qualified for the 2010 Olympics by beating Bulgaria 82-0, and then lost to team Canada in Vancouver 18-0
N7rbN TIL Helium was first discovered in 1868 on the SUN. Astronomers at the time noticed a certain wavelength in sunlight which could not be produced by any known element at the time. It was thought that the gas was only present on the sun, thus was named after the Greek god Helios.
1aBd8 TIL pistol deuling was an event in the 1908 Olympics, in which competitors would fire wax bullets at one another.
v7bR TIL that the Tata Group from India which owns Jaguar-Land Rover and has revenues of over $100b is 66% controlled by charitable trusts, which invest these proceeds in nation-building such as India’s hospitals, educational institutions and promoting health, education, culture etc.
xnn1 TIL: Pixar spent three years studying the physics of curly hair in order to correctly render Merida’s hair in “Brave”.