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dDe7Z TIL - A paleobiologist said "Our best guess is that the mammal was in the middle of attacking the dinosaur," about a recently found fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur.
jN5XE TIL The world’s first fully-trained paramedics was made up of exclusively young Black men in the 1960s
epEXJ TIL the diffusion of responsibility is the phenomenon where individuals in a group are less likely to take action or feel responsible, assuming others will do so. This often leads to inaction in situations where help is needed.
wdNW TIL the bald truth of what really happened to Steve from Blues Clues!! He was starting to lose his hair and decided to leave the show to go after other career options.
R5gQ8 TIL that the "moving sofa problem" is an unsolved problem in mathematics. The "sofa constant" is the size of the largest object that can fit through a hallway with a right turn, and is somewhere between 2.2195 and 2√2