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TIL there are Penguins that live in rainforests

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nWPro TIL that the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, uses the melody of a British drinking song, To Anacreon in Heaven, written by John Stafford Smith in the 1770s for London’s Anacreontic Society; a gentlemen’s club dedicated to “wit, harmony, and the god of wine.”
rY8d TIL Chris Tucker is broke and owes the IRS 11.5 million dollars. He also refuses to appear in the last “Friday” movie.
ky04 TIL Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the KKK in the 1940s, exposing its secrets to authorities and the outside world. He coined the term “Frown Power” when he started a campaign with that name, which simply encouraged people to pointedly frown when they heard bigoted speech.
9w877 TIL 21 libraries that included the Helen Keller archives, photo negatives of JFK, priceless art, evidence and files of investment fraud being investigated by the SEC, CIA files in a secret office, the 3000 lives and infrastructure loss was totaled up to 30.5 Billion when the Twin Towers fell.
e0xrg TIL a Texas man shot an armadillo and the bullet ricocheted into his face