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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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6KPl TIL that the inventor of the Kaiten manned suicide torpedo, Lt. Hiroshi Kuroki, was killed during one of the first training missions. When his torpedo was raised, a note was found that both sent respects to his family, and detailed the cause of the accident and how to fix the defect.
Y7V9x TIL that Mbaye Diagne was a UN peacekeeper who disobeyed his orders to stand down during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Acting entirely on his own initiative, he embarked on rescue missions. Diagne is credited with singlehandedly saving the lives of as many as 1000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
WkoDd TIL that the 1990s PBS game show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" was created in response to a National Geographic survey stating that 1 in 4 Americans could not locate the Soviet Union or The Pacific Ocean
awdk0 TIL a 2000 Japanese study suggested that “moderate drinking” could actually boost a person’s IQ.
pYxe TIL that in WWII The Gambia Fought in Indochina With it’s Entire Military… Of Only Ten Men