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TIL in 1991 a billionaire in Alabama had a bunch of life sized dinosaurs built and placed randomly in a 10,000 acre wooded area around his home.

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LBwQ TIL there is a Republican group called “Log Cabin Republicans” who support not only strong national defense, limited government, and low taxes, but also focus heavily on pro-LGBT legislation.
n0Lo TIL that the pilot episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog was nominated for “Best Animated Short Film” at the 1995 Academy Awards.
l58V TIL The abacus is still manufactured and widely used in Japan. The latest versions of it include a dual bead and digital calculator
v1414 TIL of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, an American businessman who died when the RMS Lusitania sank in 1915, after giving his lifejacket to a young mother and her baby. He knew that he could not swim and that there were no other lifeboats available at the time. His body was never recovered.
xV4vo TIL Jaguars once roamed throughout the Southwestern US and as as far east as Arkansas and Louisiana. In 2016, one was spotted in Arizona.