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TIL a Peacock is a male Peafowl. A Peahen is a female, and together they have Peachicks.

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M70ja TIL the beloved Kraft Philadelphia Cheesecake Bars was discontinued in 2004 due to a struggle with manufacturing capabilities.
7rdEr TIL about the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, built on the site of "S-21," one of at least 150 torture and execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge. Of the estimated 20,000 people who were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng, there are only twelve known survivors.
rMZo TIL Keanu Reeves used his % profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie’s stuntmen.
Kaoa TIL the Disney animated Jungle Book character, King Louie, is an Orangutan but in the live action version they changed him to a Gigantopithecus. Although extinct they once lived in forest throughout India, which avoids the movie perpetuating a geographic fallacy.
976X TIL Plastic dishes can’t absorb enough heat to evaporate water, which is why the dishwasher dry cycle doesn’t work on them