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TIL about Nanuqsaurus ("polar bear lizard") a relative of T-rex that lived in the arctic.

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mxojo TIL sugar can be dangerously explosive. In 2008, 14 people died and 40 were injured when sugar dust combusted at Imperial Sugar's refinery in Georgia. A U.S. Chemical Safety Board report found the explosion was entirely preventable. The sugar industry has been aware of explosion risks since 1926.
NlaN TIL John Munch, a detective played by Richard Belzer, has appeared on 10 different television shows ranging from Law & Order to Arrested Development to The Wire. These shows spanned 5 different networks, and the character has lasted over 20 years and 22 seasons.
nepgr TIL that Deer antlers are actually a "controlled-form of bone cancer"
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69or8 TIL after butchering their oxen for meat and nearly dying of thirst, William Manly led a wagon out of a valley in California and when leaving someone in the group turned to say "Goodbye, Death Valley!" The name stuck.