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TIL Seals have been known to have sex with penguins

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KWLE TIL that Mt. Massive and Mt. Elbert in Colorado are so close to each other in height that their supporters started competing with each other, with Mt. Massive supporters piling stones on the summit to increase its height, and Mt. Elbert supporters climbing the mountain to knock them back down.
nemmW TIL elephants produce 2000 liters of methane a day in their digestive system, enough to run a car for 20 miles.
9wlwp TIL that 176 is not only an even number, but an abundant, odious, self, semipefect, practical, cake, happy, pentagonal and octagonal number
vG0D TIL that honey is a natural reservoir for the Botulism bacteria. Adult bodies can normally process it. This is why you shouldn’t give babies honey.
nWdDP TIL the meaning of Kraftwerk's song "Radioactivity" has evolved since debuting in 1976: it started as an observation of radioactivity being "in the air for you and me", then by 1992, had become an anti-nuclear protest with new lyrics. By 2012, "Fukushima" was added to the list of named disasters.