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TIL The natural history museum in Dublin, Ireland is known as ‘The Dead Zoo’

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ldw1 TIL that toll roads in Illinois were only supposed to be open for 40 years to pay off bonds by 1990.
WkBZd TIL the hotel where Jeremy Clarkson assaulted Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon now bears a plaque commemorating the event.
W9L8 TIL that the last words of Norman Douglas, a British author most known for the 1917 novel ‘South Wind’, were “Get those fucking nuns away from me.”
YpX0G TIL Uranus and Neptune are not "Gas Giants" as is commonly believed, but belong to a separate category of giant planets called "Ice Giants." This is because less than 20% of their mass is made up of hydrogen and helium. True gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn are over 90% hydrogen and helium.
oBeDE TIL Danny Devito has a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth called Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia. MED causes short stature in adults, short arms and legs, joint pain, deformities in the hands, feet and spine and early osteoarthritis.