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TIL the spikes on a stegosaurus were named after a Gary Larson comic

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9wbGG TIL that Sweyn Forkbeard was the first Viking king to rule England. He massacred, plundered, and burned his way through the countryside, capturing London on Christmas Day 1013. He died just 40 days later. Upon his death the previous king Æthelred the Unready came back and retook his throne.
x7Yk TIL in the online game EVE a player group spent 12 months infiltrating a rival group, then assassinated their leader and stole or destroyed $16,500.00 USD worth of game money and supplies.
Z8GB TIL the loudest events in the universe are starquakes. The largest ever recorded was in 2004, the star Magnatar SGR 1806-20 adjusted itself with the force equal to 22.7 on the Richter scale. It happened 50,000 ly away from Earth, but if it was 10 ly away, it would have caused mass extinction.
wQWE TIL a “paracosm” is the proper word for a detailed imaginary world created inside one’s mind.
VBvOQ TIL that Shailene Woodley Hated her role on the secret life of the american teenager and was just stuck with her contracts