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TIL of Bill Morgan, a man who won a car in the lottery after being deemed clinically dead for over 14 minutes and in a coma for 12 days. Then, when a local news show asked to film a reenactment, he won $250,000 while the cameras rolled.

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R54G6 TIL: In 2021, scientists found the fossils of a reptile that "looks like a pokemon" the size of a pigeon with a frog like moth, bat wings, large eyes, and a long tail. The fossils were 160 million years old. It was named Sinomacrops bondei, which means "China, large eyes and face".
gMYWy TIL King Henry VIII of England was a gifted musician and composer. He could sing and play many instruments and was considered highly skilled in his time. Many of his compositions survive and some are still played in classical concerts, especially his most popular piece, "Pastime with Good Company."
pObA TIL David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programs in black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.
xVgwo TIL that Matt Keck, the man responsible for the famous "I'm a snaaake" video, now runs the Wendy's Twitter account.
d8b6r TIL the Stephen King book, The Tommyknockers, was loosely based on a creature from the folklore of Cornish miners. To some, knockers were malevolent spirits who knocked on supports to cause a cave-in. To others, the knocking a way of warning the miners that a collapse was imminent.