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TIL The Tyrannosaurus Rex Lived closer in Time to the Moon Landing than it did to living with the Stegosaurus

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rRJWe TIL in 1919, an English General, Reginald Dyer ordered a force of 50 soldiers to open fire on 10,000 Indians peacefully protesting the Rowlatt act in Amritsar, India. Thousands died by bullets and many jumped into wells and died. The House of Lords honoured him with the motto "Saviour of Punjab"
jN5RR TIL a new national park was created at the end of 2019
R57Kl TIL that money from The Beatle's record sales in the 60s helped fund the invention of the CAT scan.
erA4 TIL nobody climbed Mount Everest in 2015. First barren spell in 41 years.
5YPxD TIL of Steve Leech, a milkman who was doing his rounds when he saw a shop on fire. He used 320 pints of milk to put out the fire, saving 7 other stores. He received the award for "Hero Milkman of the Millennium"