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TIL that the time period in which dinosaurs lived is so vast, there were dinosaur fossils when dinosaurs were still alive.

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ndZY TIL a madman in San Francisco declared himself, “Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico.” The people were such good sports about it that they honored his regal decrees and the currency he created was widely accepted around the city. 30,000 attended his funeral
4QyX TIL that, when the 1889 Presidential Inauguration occured on a rainy day, the defeated incumbent president, Grover Cleveland, held the new president, Benjamin Harrison’s, umbrella for him while he took the oath of office.
m1wY TIL Monty Python and the Holy Grail was originally going to have horses but the small budget wouldn’t allow it. Thus, the coconut clapping. Also, the German release of the film translates to “The Knights of the Coconut.”
epKbE TIL Unobtainium was not first referenced in Avatar (2009), actually dates back to the 1950s as a term for "unusual or costly materials"
KYQJQ TIL that male ants cannot have sons, only grandsons