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TIL that Screamin’ Jay Hawkins had so many illegitimate offspring that a website has been set up to identify them all

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XmW8 TIL Adélie Penguins were observed to participate in rape, pedophilia, and necrophilia. The displays were so graphic, the scientist who originally saw them hid away the records of it for over 100 years.
jNVav TIL The Queen of England has someone who breaks in her shoes for her before she wears them ,”...the shoes have to be immediately comfortable and to achieve this, a member of staff with the same size feet will trot up and down palatial corridors for her until they are suitably broken in.”
OGLOe TIL that the word "Sideburns" came from the American Civil War Union General, Ambrose Burnside's unusual facial hair. They were originally named "Burnsides", but this was later corrupted to the word "Sideburns" that we know today!
V6lk TIL morality predates religions and can be seen in primitive animals living today.
Ypbgv TIL there is a town in Maryland named "Chevy Chase" that has no correlation to actor and comedian Chevy Chase.