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TIL In 1982, Cartoonist Gary Larson invented the name "Thagomizer" (The four spikes at the end of the tail on a Stegosarus Dinosaur) as a joke in his comic strip The Far Side, and it was gradually adopted as an informal term sometimes used within scientific circles, research, and education.

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jNYmR TIL of Bloody Sunday (1920) when 14 Irish civilians were killed in Croke Park during a Gaelic Football match when British forces opened fire on the players and the crowd.
d81vE TIL that Ants live more than a year, breaking my conception of them not living more than month's.
VBVvZ TIL that I Love Lucy (American TV show) was the first television show to be rebroadcast…. The 1st Rerun
1g4r TIL portable traffic barriers are moved between lanes using a vehicle called a ‘Zipper Truck’
LQrZV TIL about seasteading, the creation of permanent dwellings in international waters (seasteads) that are independent of governments. No one has yet created a structure recognized as a state. Proposed structures have included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom floating islands.