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Today I learned that the male penguin collects small stones to offer to the female as part of courtship

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Menea TIL Dry thunderstorms, where most/ all of the normal rain evaporates before hitting the ground. This leaves lightning strikes to hit very dry ground, which is a leading cause of wildfires.
vP65R TIL that in 1950’s Britain, it was noted that the middle class used overly complex language in an attempt to be more posh. However, the actual upper class themselves preferred the more straightforward language of the working class such as scent instead of perfume.
mxgnY TIL the neutron is unstable. On its own, the neutron undergoes beta decay into an electron, proton, and antineutrino with a half life of 15 minutes. (In nuclei the neutron can be stable.)
l7a1G TIL of the Visteon Dockable Entertainment System. A portable DVD player capable of playing Game Boy Advance games and fully licensed by Nintendo.
e7bb TIL, The nerd who kissed Bar Rafaeli on the Go Daddy commercial is known as Jesse Heiman, the worlds greatest extra, and he was in Old School, Transformers and Van Wilder.