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TIL the spiked tail of a stegosaurus is called a ‘Thagomizer’ after a joke in a 1982 Far Side comic.

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gYpy TIL Sic is an adverb used to indicate that quoted matter is transcribed exactly, including any errors. Use of sic greatly increased in the mid-twentieth century, with a major factor being the use of sic as a form of ridicule.
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ADPol TIL although buttons are about 5,000 years old, functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening clothes only appeared in the 13th century. For millenia, they had only been used ornamentally, or as seals.
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