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TIL that ‘Mad Men’ understated its depiction of drinking, smoking, and sex in 1960s Manhattan. Advertising veteran Jerry Della Femina said that “Three-martini lunches were the norm … The only thing that saved us was that the clients and agencies that we were going back to drank as much as we did”.

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JYw7Q TIL Miners in Canada found a dinosaur that still had its skin, muscles and internal organs preserved
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