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TIL paleontologists found a 99-million year old tick entombed in amber and grasping the feather of a dinosaur

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ANgn4 TIL Marine Electric sank in 1983 and 31 of its crew died but 3 survived for 90 minutes in frigid water. The wreck led to a number of reforms such as more stringent coast guard inspections of ships, mandatory survival suits for north atlantic runs and the famous US coast guard rescue swimmer program
JYONj TIL North Korea is obsessed with Choco Pies from S Korea. There's a black market for them, and factories once used them to pay worker bonuses. In 2014, S Korean activists sent 10K pies to NK with helium balloons. After an injured NK defector crossed the DMZ in 2017, he was given a lifetime supply.
JLJQ TIL This Is Spinal Tap is scored out off 11 on IMDB
Kj6J TIL that there are studies which suggest a correlation between sleep deprivation and an increased desire to eat poorly and decreased self control over eating impulses.
knVe TIL that the sex position “Reverse Cowgirl” accounts for half of all penile fractures