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(#9) The Formal Naming System For Dinosaurs Can Be Traced Back To One Ridiculously-Named Fossil
From Redditor u/geekteam6:
TIL the naming system for unearthed dinosaur fossils didn't start until 1758. The first named bone was called Scrotum humanum - because it was originally believed to be the [testicles] of an ancient, giant man.
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(#13) During The Age Of The Dinosaurs, Volcanoes May Have Been Erupting On The Moon
From Redditor u/alf_shearing:
TIL when the dinosaurs were alive, there were erupting volcanoes on the moon.
[Editor's Note: The Los Angeles Times' Amina Khan writes, "The large dark patches on the lunar surface that give shape to the moon’s 'face' are called maria, and they’re thought to be the remains of volcanic activity on the moon that started 3.5 billion years ago. [...] The researchers found that scores of these features were less than 100 million years old – which would put them in range of the Cretaceous period on Earth, which was the dinosaurs’ heyday. [...] That means there could have been regular volcanic activity all around the moon in very recent times – not like the dramatic volcanism that produced the enormous maria, but still significant and widespread."]
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(#1) Large Dinosaurs May Have Had Air Sacs Inside Their Bodies That Decreased Their Overall Weight
From Redditor u/MrJoestar42069:
TIL the reason some dinosaurs were able to get so large was that they had "air sacs" in and around their bones, which prevented them from being crushed under their own weight and allowed them to grow to enormous sizes.
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(#8) The 'Bone Wars' Was A Wild Rivalry Between Two Paleontologists In The 19th Century
From Redditor u/derstherower:
TIL of the Bone Wars. In the late 1800s, two rival paleontologists sought to disgrace each other, resorting to bribery, theft, attempts to cut off funding, and destruction of bones. Both paleontologists were ruined financially, but their efforts led to the discovery of many new species of dinosaurs.
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(#4) Brontosaurus Was First Classified As Its Own Genus, Then A Species Of Apatosaurus, And Is Now A Separate Genus Again
From Redditor u/marmorset:
TIL that the Brontosaurus was [initially established as its own genus in 1879], then considered a species of Apatosaurus, a previously discovered dinosaur, and it should have had that name. Now it's been discovered that they actually are two separate animals, and the Brontosaurus exists again.
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Most people know that the world experienced a mass extinction about 66 million years ago, and the dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. There are intense discussions about the reasons for the extinction of dinosaurs. The most common theory is that an asteroid hit the earth. This conclusion is strongly supported by various pieces of evidence. However, some people insist that dinosaurs are not extinct, but have evolved and changed in many ways.
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