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TIL that the Galapagos penguin, a penguin endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, is the only penguin found north of the equator

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A47x TIL that gaslighting was used as early as WWII by Nazi Germany as one of the Zersetzung psychological manipulation warfare techniques to destroy and drive political opponents to psychosis and suicide.
joNR TIL at the time aboriginals arrived on Australia, there was a 20ft long, up to 4000lbs/2000kg carnivorous lizard named Megalania. Being Australia, of course, it is thought it was also highly venomous.
166wX TIL that actor Antonio Banderas cannot pronounce the word "animals" and must have it swapped for another word whenever it appears in his lines.
R4ej TIL of ‘Ama’ - female divers of Japan who would traditionally freedive in cold water for hours in just a loincloth (now wetsuits)
l7GbK TIL that Sichuan peppercorns(timur in Nepal) was banned for import into the US from 1968 to 2005 because they were found to be carrying citrus canker