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TIL that Jurassic Park IV is finally being made

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6BBl TIL that the term “Abracadabra” is actually a Hebrew phrase meaning “I create what I speak.“
GA1eN TIL the modern gas container, the jerry can, was invented in 1937 Germany. In the start of WWII, the UK used leaky, flimsy tin containers called "flimsies" but soon captured jerry cans and the Allies started copying the German design
4xnN TIL that the first officer in the movie Titanic who accepted a bribe, shot a passenger, and then committed suicide is actually a hero and memorialized in his hometown in Dalbeattie, Scottland. The town was so distraught, a Fox exec flew over to present a donation to the local high school.
697GZ TIL about the WWII L4 Grasshopper plane named "Rosie the Rocketer" that it's pilot, Major Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, had attached six bazookas to. It took part in the battle at Arracourt, forcing a tank column to retreat. He racked up 6 tank kills, including two Tigers.
Lj50 TIL a pizzeria was mobbed with customers, including some who traveled from out of state, when they started topping their pizzas with tinier slices of pizza.