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TIL that real-life velociraptors were roughly the size of a turkey, and it's been claimed that if they were alive today our first impression would be that they were just very unusual looking birds.

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grlg9 TIL a bronze sword that's more than 3,000 years old was unearthed in Bavaria last year with a state of preservation so "extraordinary" that it "almost still shines."
16d TIL During the New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots a prisoners head exploded after a blow torch was used to burn out his eyes
BrDaL TIL a man lived 555 days without his heart, he used instead device he carried on his backpack to pump blood through his body, enabling him to do all sorts of things while awaiting transplant
j6d8n TIL according to Taika Waititi, 80% of the dialogue in Thor: Ragnarok was improvised, in order to create a "very loose and collaborate mood" among the cast an attempt to replicate the tone and sensibility from his previous films.
N7ZwE TIL: Black US troops were welcome in Britain in WW2, but the US military's attempt to initiate segregation led to a shootout.