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TIL Penguins have hidden knees that make their legs appear shorter than they actually are. This allows them to swim more efficiently by reducing drag in the water.

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nEpP TIL the Christopher Nolan “Tumbler” Batmobiles were street-ready vehicles built from scratch, not shells on top of existing cars, capable of high-speed driving, jumping, and tight cornering.
JYGXl TIL it is an annual tradition at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station to screen John Carpenter's 'The Thing'.
6K1X TIL in 2015, a former Google employee purchased the Google domain for $12 because of an error. Google offered to pay him $6006.13 (that spells “Google”) to have it back. When he said he would donate it to charity, they doubled it to $12,000.
mxXRM TIL Steve Jobs' best selling biography was released 19 days after his death. He encouraged people to speak honestly about him and asked for no control over its content other than the book's cover. He waived the right to read it before it was published
e8l4 TIL that at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Hawaiian American Duke Kahanamoku overslept and missed his qualifying heat in the 100m freestyle. His main rival, Cecil Healy of AUS, convinced judges to hold a special qualifying race for Duke. Duke ending up going on to win the gold, and Cecil took silver