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TIL it’s still unknown how Stegasaurus’s were able to mate without hurting each other with their spiky backs.

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WDZN TIL that Verizon have developed a knife that utilizes air pressure to slice through lawns so that engineers can lay fibre optic cables without causing any unwanted damage. The tool is able to cut through the grass, but does not break sprinkler pipes and gas lines.
YpxDd TIL diet soda triggers an insulin response just like regular soda and may cause weight gain and increase risk of type 2 diabetes
e0AOJ TIL that when Koko the gorilla met William Shatner, she grabbed him by the balls.
MZXb TIL that planting swastikas in the forests of Germany was “a fad among National Socialist foresters” during the Nazi period and nobody noticed them until decades later.
Y7mdv TIL that Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth, with its coordinates being 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W, and it’s known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility; it’s located approximately 1,450 nautical miles from the nearest land