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TIL the king penguins on Antarctica poop so much N2O, laughing gas, that researchers go "cuckoo" while studying them.

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R5x8l TIL John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, not only planted appleseed everywhere he went. He built entire nurseries, including protective fences to deter wildlife. The nurseries were left in the hands of neighbors, who were allowed to profit from the trees, and he would return to tend the trees yearly.
ADVBw TIL scientists give funny names to genetically variant fruit flies; (Ken & Barbie): flies that fail to develop external genitalia, (Maggie): Flies that fail to develop past a certain stage & are named after Maggie from the Simpsons, (Cheap Date): A fly that expresses high sensitivity to alcohol.
0egv TIL Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) until March 16, 1995.
71pL TIL- UAE’s population is 9% Native Emirates and 91% foreigners
bn4E TIL a company was making a pill that prevented ejaculations but kept orgasms and helped prevent HIV but development is in hiatus bc of lack of funds