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TIL there is no such thing as a brontosaurus

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EgGlV TIL that Osama bin Laden's billionaire father died in a plane crash in 1967 due to a misjudged landing. His half-brother died in Texas in 1988 after piloting his own aircraft into power lines. In 2015, his half-sister and stepmother also died in a plane crash in Hampshire, England.
YbNr TIL The Led Zeppelin song “D'yer Mak'er” is pronounced “Jamaica” in reference to the way British people say the country’s name, hence the reggae beat.
lo5YB TIL executioners would also often be medical practitioners due to their knowledge of anatomy
D51V TIL in the Sydney Paralympic games of 2000, Spain’s basketball team were ordered to return their gold medals after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability.
Yy9v TIL a man once secretly outsourced his job to China, played at work including surfing Reddit, and made hundreds of thousands before being caught and fired.