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TIL that Slash, guitarist of Guns N' Roses, helped fund the dinosaur exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (see "project funding")

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1apMP TIL that unlike forks, spoons generally don't create sparks in the microwave because of their shape
dDWd9 TIL that when Susan Boyle when announcing the release of her album, tagged it as "#susanalbumparty". It should have read #SusanAlbumParty, or which was also misread as #SusAnalBumParty.
d8KEr TIL that the Pompeii masturbating man, was not in fact popping one off. In an anti climactic fashion, his position is likely due to instant rigor mortis due to the extreme heat from the eruption.
DppP TIL that a baby red octopus snuck into a tank at Monterey Bay Aquarium while it was the size of a fingernail. It stayed alive by eating local residents, and wasn’t discovered until it had grown to the size of a fist.
9QYQ TIL that during WWII, a German pilot spotted an American pilot’s crippled plane in the sky. Tailing it, he noticed that gunner was dead, crew injured, and they posed no threat. Instead of destroying the plane, he led it to safety. 40 years later, the two pilots reunited.