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TIL that paleontologists have no idea how dinosaurs had sex

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yQ79a TIL about Homo Syntheticus, the idea that we will soon take control of evolution away from nature and replace it with cybernetics & genetic engineering.
j6ebp TIL that the us military trained pilots over the Great Lakes.
yVLjX TIL that Operation Denver was an active measure disinformation campaign run by the KGB in the 1980s to plant the idea that the United States had invented HIV/AIDS as part of a biological weapons research project at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
W7OQ8 TIL The Replacement movie was based on the 1987 Washington Redskins replacement/scab players. They played for 3 games and won all 3. The Redskins won the Superbowl that year but the replacement players never received the rings till 30 years later.
O4Yg TIL of Mr Walter Tull. A soldier who was born in 1888 and died in 1918. He was the first ever black officer to lead white British soldiers in battle. He also played soccer for the professional London Club Tottenham Hotspur.