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TIL the theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by an asteroid was only proposed as recently as 1980.

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vP6k7 TIL: 100 Americans a year choke to death on pen caps, but that the number used to be higher before manufacturers put a hole in the cap
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gM514 TIL in Renaissance Italy courtesans were known as cortigiana or "courtier". These women were well-educated more so than women of nobility & simultaneously artists, dancers & singers. These women were often treated as equals to women of nobility.
XPYQ TIL Einstein was an outspoken socialist and believed socialism was the natural course society would take.
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