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TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci played a significant role in the founding of modern paleontology

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VB678 TIL the Anniston Star of Anniston, Alabama was one of the few newspapers in the South to support the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and was nicknamed "the Anniston Red Star" by George Wallace.
kOll5 TIL the state of South Dokota once sued 15 cats
9YevM TIL that lower-status individuals use more jargon when communicating. The behavior is described by scientists as "linguistic overcompensation ".
Z8xQv TIL of Duexis, a brand name medication consisting of ibuprofen 800 (4 advils) and famotidine 26.6 (1 and 1/3 pepcid) per capsule. A 90 count bottle costs over $3000, whereas 360 advils and 120 pepcid cost around $25.
16A0D TIL: In the over 60 year history of human space flight, only 3 astronauts have actually died in space, it happened in 1971 when their Soyuz 11 capsule depressurized above the Karman line, which is considered as the boundary between the earth's atmosphere and outer space