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TIL cities house 62.7% of the US population but occupies only 3.5% of land area

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16gX8 TIL of Pope Stephen VI who instigated the Cadaver Synod in which he ordered a trial of deceased Pope Formosus on grounds of acting as Bishop after he was deposed. The corpse was exhumed, propped up upon a throne. A deacon stood behind answering questions as the deceased. Formosus was found guilty.
P1EAZ TIL of the Hell Creek Formation, a band of 66-million-year-old rocks that records the last million years of the dinosaurs’ reign and is found in parts of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. It’s where the T Rex was discovered in 1902
GpXj TIL more US presidents have died on July 4 than any other day.
kJrk1 TIL sumo wrestler Emmanuel Yarbrough is the heaviest athlete in the world.
pY99G TIL while the term "six-pack" is associated with images of beer nowadays, it was actually invented by Coca-Cola as a way to increase sales and get people to drink Coke more often