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TIL that “penguin shit is like water i.e. not viscous” and that a penguin can shoot shit with a power of 4600 pascals!

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XEBxX TIL about Pricasso, the artist who paints with his penis. His seminal works can be created in as little as 10-15 minutes.
MPyb TIL a Roman soldier who survived the three of Rome’s greatest defeats at Ticinus, Trasimene, and Cannae would go on to lead the army that defeated Hannibal. We know him as Scipio Africanus.
7p5X TIL that in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Tin Woodman is made of tin because his axe was cursed and one by one cut off all his limbs, head, and body. Each was replaced for him by a tinsmith.
ZV1G TIL a Kansas College Professor went on a diet of Doritos, Twinkies, and Oreos… And lost 27 lbs in 2 months.
VMwMQ TIL that Gregor Mendel, the founder of modern genetics, may have falsified data in his famous pea experiment in order to better correspond with his expectations.