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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.

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B51W TIL Xylitol, a product that is harmless to humans but toxic to dogs, is found in some peanut butter brands.
Bragr TIL The 1904 Olympic Marathon included a runner who was poisoned by his trainers, a runner who was chased a mile off-course by dogs and a runner who ate rotten apples, had to lie down for a bit and still finished fourth.
wgK7 TIL Famed molecular biologist James Watson put his Nobel Prize up for auction in 2014 due to financial hardships. It sold for $4.1 million, and was promptly returned to him by the buyer.
nW0X9 TIL Hungarian and Finnish are one of each others closley related languages and are in the same language family (Uealic.) This link is due to shared ancestry in Western Siberia. They are unrelated and share nearly nothing in common to the vast majority of other European languages.
NXwX8 TIL Abraham Lincoln signed the legislation establishing the United States Secret Service just hours before he was assassinated