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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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16nGr TIL that the author of the thriller The Four Just Men offered a £500 prize to whoever guessed the killer's name, but forgot to state there would only be one winner. The book became a bestseller but bankrupted him, as he was legally bound to pay every reader who answered correctly.
ne14d TIL That Infamous Alabama Governor George Wallace Took The Oath of Office standing on a gold star, which marked the very spot that The President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis stood when he took the oath in 1861.
A7Na TIL that leaf cutter ants do not eat leaves. They feed the leaves to a fungi within their nest and then feed off the fungi. This is an example of Mutualism, which is a type of Symbiosis.
R7Naa TIL while trying to find a cure for AIDs, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats.
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