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TIL the young of Rhamphorhynchus and other pterosaurs are called “flaplings.”

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Lrn9 TIL Britain used the Australian outback as a nuclear testing ground, exploding seven Atomic Bombs at Maralinga in the south-west Australian outback.
DQNDe TIL smell is the only sense that isn’t processed by the thalamus (sensory integration center of the brain); instead, smell is directly processed in the primary olfactory cortex without us consciously registering them, which is why odors can bring back memories without us understanding why.
w9Qo TIL in 2004, doctors treating a virginal Japanese woman discovered an ovarian tumor that had grown into the form of a doll and had a brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessels.
4aeN TIL 12 other characters in the Marvel universe (and others) have lifted Thor’s hammer Mjolnir.
47XJ TIL almost every major porn site including youporn, redtube and many others are all run by 1 company called Mindgeek.