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TIL there is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in Switzerland that is owned by a supermarket chain

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GAwJ4 TIL the emperor penguin is a very powerful bird. In one case, a crew of six men, trying to capture a single male penguin for a zoo collection, were repeatedly tossed around and knocked over before all of the men had to collectively tackle the bird, which weighs about half as much as a man.
R5DXQ TIL I learned that the birthplace of wine was not Italy, nor France, but Georgia.
MeE10 TIL about Zhang Yongming, a serial killer in China. After killing some of his eleven victims he butchered them and sold their flesh at markets calling it "Ostrich meat."
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