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TIL that the character Sarah in the Land Before Time is actually named Cera…as in triCERAtops.

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VM5g8 TIL nearly 40% of worldwide female suicides occur in India
OoxPR TIL 7 minutes workout, a more efficient yet still effective workout. It consists of 12 different exercises that work the upper body, lower body, and core. Each exercise for 30 seconds, about 15 to 20 repetitions, and rest for about 10 seconds between exercises.
WkD0A TIL about Brihadisvara Temple, India - A 11th century temple whose dome (25 tons), rests 7 meters high on a single block of granite, weighing 80 tons.
J1pv TIL during the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 ½ ton piece of the Lunar Module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon. The unexpected result? The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.
VBM7k TIL that the Shunganunga boulder, a 23-ton red quartzite rock, was moved by glaciers from the Dakotas to Kansas hundreds of thousands of years ago; the boulder is sacred to the Kanza tribe (expelled from the state named after them) and Shunganunga translates to "Big Red Rock" in their language.