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TIL the spiked tail of a stegosaurus didn’t have a scientific name until one was made up in the ‘Far Side’ comics. Paleontologists loved the joke so much that they began using ‘thagomizer’ formally.

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QNLdd TIL Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.
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wedE TIL There is a Star Wars trading card of C-3PO in which C-3PO appears with an enormous erection. Even today nobody knows how this omission happened.