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TIL that the Brontosaurus, for about 25 years, paleontologists thought it was real, but in 1903 it was reclassified as a species of Apatosaurus and declared "not real." Then, in 2015, new research confirmed that the Brontosaurus was distinct enough to be it's own genus, again...

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W7e8X TIL that E.T.'s race appears in star wars the phantom menace and it is said that E.T. thought it was home when first seeing a kid in a yoda costume
wLX9P A new study published February 15 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society finds that the Andromeda galaxy is actually around the same size as our own galaxy. Scientists previously thought Andromeda was about two to three times the size of the Milky Way, and that it would one day swallow us up in a galactic smashup billions of years away. But researchers using a technique to measure “the speed required to escape a galaxy” have figured out why Andromeda is smaller than research has suggested, according to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). This could seriously change the outcome of that eventual merger.
9YBkD TIL that contrary to popular belief not a single death due to a bite from a Black Widow spider has been reported in the US since 1983, and the cannibalism frequently attributed to these spider is actually rare.
VMme4 TIL Ukraine qualified for the 2012 eurovision final despite being 2nd to last place in televoting in their semi-final and being 3rd among the jury vote.
O6xX TIL In the USA Ice Cream has to have milkfat. So Vegan Ice Cream cannot be called Ice Cream