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TIL that birds are feathered theropod dinosaurs and constitute the only known living dinosaurs.

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1pZV TIL that real guns are allowed at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, but water guns are banned.
9oED TIL that Bob Newhart tried defending country music fans by saying “I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’”
LREZ TIL WW2 pilots carried hollow metal spheres that would implode when they sunk to a certain depth, allowing their location to be triangulated from up to 3000 miles away.
rNdlw TIL, whales can make a poonado up to 100 feet wide to hide themselves
v7NL TIL that in 2009, just in case Space Shuttle Atlantis was damaged while working on the Hubble, Endeavor was readied to launch a rescue mission. This was one of the few times both shuttle launch pads were occupied.