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TIL that when the raptors bark in Jurassic park, it’s a tortoise having sex

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ZxkY TIL that the Bible has been translated entirely into LOLCat speak and is now available in book form.
jNWEM TIL It became the custom for rich people and fighting men like the Norman soldiers, whose ways of life put their souls in such great jeopardy, to pay monks to do the praying they were too busy to do for themselves.
ZpPDQ TIL: Arctic means "Bear", and Antarctic "No bear", because the Big Dipper, "the greater she-bear", is always visible in the northern pole sky. The fact that there are Polar bears in the Arctic but not in the Antarctic continent is purely a coincidence.
4XVGX The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is just one specific example of a much more general, relatable, non-quantum phenomenon.
D15xD TIL that Jakarta is sinking 25cm (10in) per year, in part due to excessive use of groundwater and lack of piped water. It is expected that the city will be completed submerged in next 30 years.