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TIL birds are the only living descendants of dinosaurs; birds evolved from a group of dinosaurs called theropods.

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MjlB TIL: The US Airways employee who gave the ticket to 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Atta said he thought Atta looked like a terrorist but told himself he was just being racist. When the planes later hit the WTC his first reaction was “I was right, this guy was a terrorist”.
7pEb TIL that the doctor that claimed a link between vaccines and autism made up data
rNRX4 TIL that in order to promote national peace, founding father Benjamin Rush wanted to establish the position of Secretary of Peace, and at the same times post signs such as "An office for butchering the human species" and "An office for creating famine" above the office of the Secretary of War.
x66JD TIL there is an Angel Statue in a mississippi cemetery called " Turning Angel" because, according to some, it turns to look at cars driving by.
D19Y TIL the term “white trash” was invented by blacks as a racial epithet against whites too poor to own slaves.