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TIL that the southern right whale has the largest testicles of any animal. Each weighing around 500 Kg/1100lb.

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Zmlv TIL that five years after Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar, Danny Boyle still goes to India once a year to check in on the child actors.
QJyaL Flying at an altitude of 37000 ft., Rüppell's griffon vulture is the highest flying bird ever recorded.
JYlmV TIL The U.S. Army promoted Donald Duck to the rank of Sergeant and retired him from active duty on his 50th birthday because Donald was never officially separated from service in any of his wartime cartoons or comics.
mxZBE TIL there is an island called Disappointment Island. It's uninhabited, but home to over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed there and 68 people died, while the remaining 15 waited 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship crashed there and 12 men drowned.
M7PVa TIL, that there is a "desert" in Japan with large sand dunes, a museum of sand sculptures and even camal rides for tourists