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

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5VQEP TIL that Fort Douaumont, the largest and most important fort in the French defense system during World War I, fell to a force of 98 Germans in 3 days in February 1916. It took the French army 302 days, and an estimated 337,000 casualties to retake it.
AD9xn TIL that in 1988, a man with OCD and extreme germophobia tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. However, he survived, and the bullet completely eliminated his mental disorder without causing any other damage to his brain.
49YR TIL the term “limelight” originated because when heated to 2,400 °C, calcium oxide (quicklime) emits a strong glow. Before electricity this was how theaters lit the stage.
N75rE TIL: Many Native North American cultures have historically recognized the existence of a third gender, or a "two-spirit" person. Someone who is regarded as neither male or female
9w5V6 TIL the alligator from Happy Gilmore is alive and thriving in Colorado