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TIL Quill nobs have been found on Velociraptor fossils, proving they had feathers.

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vGWR TIL John Quincy Adams was elected the 6th President of the United States despite losing both the popular and electoral vote. No one won the majority, so the election went to the House of Representatives, where Adams had more friends than his competition.
68k8 TIL prisoners can vote in two states, but in many others, going to prison may permanently ban you from voting.
oBnrR TIL an American lieutenant during World War II, realizing his position was being overrun by enemy troops, called in an artillery barrage on himself. When U.S. troops managed a counterattack later that day they found the lieutenant’s body along with those of about a hundred German soldiers.
eRrn TIL a man named Ronald Macdonald robbed a Wendy’s in 2005
neX0b TIL of the Judean Date Palm. An extinct palm variety that was revived using 2,000 year old seeds.