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TIL penguins covet pebbles, so much so that it leads some penguins to a life of crime

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nejMb TIL There is a giant abandoned church that looks like a chicken in Indonesia
xLg5 TIL Between 60-70% of the French prison population is Muslim.
Y7MBx TIL The co-founder of the CIAs venture capital firm, In-Q-Tel, was originally a video game designer.
xVKR0 TIL The most popular version of the Mexican song La Cucaracha is about a cockroach that can’t walk because it doesn’t have marijuana to smoke. This version was sung by Poncho Villa’s troops in battle during the Mexican Revolution.
7wPx TIL Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, died of digestion problems in 1771 after eating a meal of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring, champagne, and 14 servings of his favorite dessert, semla in a bowl of hot milk. He is remembered by schoolchildren as “the king who ate himself to death.”