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TIL it’s a mystery why so many bird and dinosaur fossils exhibit a ‘death pose’ - the characteristic posture consisting of head thrown back, tail extended, and mouth wide open

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pPaG TIL the reason airplane bathrooms still have ashtrays is because of an FAA decision that some people will still smoke on an airplane even though it’s not allowed, and when they do there needs to be a safe place to put their cigarette butt.
9wQDm TIL the Japanese turned the third of their superbattleships (after Yamato and Musashi) into the largest aircraft carrier ever built at the time. After four years of construction and enormous cost, she left the shipyard and was immediately sunk by a submarine.
neDkr TIL that Ebola was actually discovered by a "Congolese" doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe and not a doctor in "Belgium" named Peter Piot.
NXMO6 TIL that Liam Neeson is 70 years old
pKQA TIL Thousands of prisoners were abandoned in Orleans Parish Prison during Hurricane Katrina where the water and sewage rose up to neck deep. They went days without food, water or ventilation.