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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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v11Er TIL Dr. Ruth, the famous sex therapist, was a trained sniper with the Israeli Defence Force.
wLjP7 TIL bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
l7PQA Til of Robin Mahfood, who ran a charity called Food for the Poor that was charged millions for misleading donors and tax officials as well as raising prices for donated goods under his leadership
dkp9 TIL “Witzelsucht” is a set of rare neurological symptoms characterized by a tendency to make puns, or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations.
8OOG TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, daughter of Scientology leader David Miscavige, first learned of the church’s closely-guarded secret doctrines concerning aliens via the “South Park” episode “Trapped in the Closet”