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TIL in Jurassic Park, the velociraptor sounds are actually turtles having sex

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dBd TIL a 23-year-old man was put by the DEA into a windowless room without food, water, or a toilet for 5 days because they “forgot” about him
7gVX TIL that a Mexican theme park stages a fake border crossing with a 7.5 mile night hike for about $18 a person
KO9Z9 TIL that the London Underground is getting hotter because the clay that the tunnels are dug into spent decades absorbing heat and has now reached maximum capacity, so it is now insulating the tunnels. When the tube was first built it was much cooler than the city above.
6ELmY TIL That beyond the 3 states of matter; solid, liquid and gas, there is a 4th state called plasma which is an aggregate of charged ions. Not only does it occur naturally in lightning and on the surface of the Sun it can also be produced in the laboratory.
MeNeB TIL about the "Dumbest Member of Congress" William L. Scott, US Senator from Virginia who being briefed by members of the military about missile silos in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, reportedly said "Wait a minute! I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff."