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TIL the ankylosaurus dinosaur sang like a bird

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RENa TIL on Christmas Day in 1900 the first international phone call was made. John W. Atkins called to Cuba testing to see if it would be possible for voice to be heard through the telegraph lines. After a long silence, Cuba answered with a simple “I don’t understand you.”
R7oR6 TIL the US National Anthem has a 5th verse which talks about a foe from within, and was added during the time of the Civil War to give hope for the future of the nation.
ZQMv TIL That in 2007, a group of college students drove the speed limit (55MPH) on I-285 and backed up traffic for miles.
neg99 TIL during the Cold War, the US built Camp Century, in Greenland - a supposed research facility under the Arctic ice that was actually part of a project to install nuclear missile sites. It was abandoned and environmental hazards including waste from its nuclear reactor are now under the ice.
ZWND TIL that according to McDonaldland lore Hamburglar has a salad-loving, vegetarian cousin called Iceberglar.