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TIL that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin that lived in a zoo in Japan, grew so attached to a cardboard cutout of an anime girl that he lived with it as his 'waifu' till his death.

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jPPM TIL: The most poisonous animal in America is the rough-skinned newt, whose skin contains a poison 10,000 times deadlier than cyanide. They are far more toxic than any other land animal because their predator, the garter snake has become increasingly immune to the toxin as it has become more potent.
447J TIL lawyers from the Disney corporation denied a couple’s request to engrave Winnie Pooh on the gravestone of their stillborn child without paying royalties.
jNArX TIL The break-in at the Watergate Hotel was discovered by a security guard, Frank Wills, who removed a piece of tape from the latch on a security door. When he came back later, the door had been re-taped, so he called police.
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nW9EY Till that in Europe, Netherlands Men are the tallest, they average 184 cm, and are on average 21 cm taller than San Marino men, who average only 163 cm and are the shortest.