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TIL That All Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded

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NvoN TIL the “#” of C# was based on a small grid of 4 “+” signs, implying it is an increment of C++
r5J4 TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice
oBBwE An electrical implant known as a deep-brain stimulator is giving some patients a new start.
LQ56d TIL that Cape Disappointment was so named, by John Meares in 1788, who was searching for the mouth of the Columbia River as charted on Spanish maps. He had found the river but mistakenly thought the mouth was a bay, that the Spanish maps were wrong, and called it Deception Bay.
lod17 TIL George C. Scott agreed to star in "Patton" only if they used an earlier discarded script written by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola said "I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech".