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TIL researchers are able to study atmospheric composition, stretching back thousands of years, by examining air bubbles trapped in ice

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9wbJ7 TIL that the terrifying velociraptor screeches in Jurassic Park were actually recordings of tortoises mating. Sound designer Gary Rydstrom revealed that the iconic raptor barks came from a tortoise making love, joking that if people knew the truth, Jurassic Park would have been rated R.
VBX1D TIL in a cave near Nazareth, archeologists found a skeleton of a 13 year old boy with with deer horns that had been placed on his chest. The cave was dated to be around 92,000 years old.
bXL9 TIL in 1983 a 61 Year Old Farmer Won a 544 mile endurance race because he ran throughout the night while the younger ‘professional’ athletes slept.
yV0GM TIL Mel Gibson accidently hung himself on the set of Braveheart
YpAJB TIL the horse's head in the movie The Godfather was real, from a local dog food company