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TIL that romans didnt have any word to define skin color

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E1aod TIL Tyrannosaurus rex lived closer in time to the release of Jurassic Park (1993) than the actual Jurassic period.
7rBBM TIL of the only person in Nevada to die by firing squad. No men were willing to shoot him, so a shooting machine was built to carry out his execution.
PY99Z TIL all alcoholic drinks sold in the United States are required to be mildly radioactive. If alcohol is made in a lab it won't have any radioactive signature but alcohol made from plants will always be slightly radioactive due to the background radiation in the air and ground.
MeWxB TIL Lewis Hamilton pledged £20m ($27.5m) to set up the Hamilton Mission in an effort to improve groups who are under represented in motorsports due to its extremely high cost entry barrier. Out of the 770 drivers in F1 history, he is the only black driver.
ZVZv TIL the website Walt Jr. created in ‘Breaking Bad’ is a real website with a button to donate to the National Cancer Coalition.