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TIL actually we don’t know the color of dinosaurs!

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69YmW TIL Vietnamese money is called the dong.
8abAa TIL there is a colony of wild wallabies living in Hawaii. In 1916 they were flown into Oahu to be a part of a private zoo, but escaped after neighborhood dogs attacked (and killed one of) them.
VB9aD TIL of the Muhlenberg urban legend: German was prevented from becoming an official language of the USA after a 42 to 41 defeat in the House of Representatives in 1794, with the first speaker of the house Frederick Muhlenberg casting the deciding vote. But he likely did not cast a vote in reality.
neDKo TIL that the inventor of the frisbee, Ed Hendrick, was cremated and had his ashes turned into frisbees.
woNkW TIL in 1974, scientists discovered a completely preserved 2,400-year-old human brain in York, UK. Known as the Heslington Brain, it survived due to unique soil conditions and remains the oldest preserved human brain ever found.