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TIL that when no trees were available, whalers would burn penguins to boil down whale blubber into oil.

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epk0n TIL Helike, an Ancient Greek city was submerged after an earthquake and tsunami. It remained underwater in an inland lagoon for centuries before eventually silting over and disappearing. It is thought that it may have been part of the inspiration behind Atlantis. It was only rediscovered in 2001.
ANNJn TIL of a fossil known as “Fighting Dinosaurs”. Preserved remains of a Protoceratops and a Velociraptor trapped in combat.
wR86 TIL That Many State Prisons in the South (especially Texas) do not have air conditioning.
PZlV TIL the strongest pound for pound organism on earth is the gonorrhoea bacterium. Capable of pulling 100,000 times it own weight!
jmbQ TIL since 1944, there’s a ship with 1.4 Kilo tonnes of vaguely live bombs lying in the Thames river in London.