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TIL Norway knighted a king penguin, Sir Nils Olav III, colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard and baron of the Bouvet Islands

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Ldx0 TIL that scientists have found the second most widely used herbicide in the US has gotten into the water supply, causes sexual abnormalities in frogs, and is associated with birth defects in humans and animals
mxPjO TIL due to the overuse of the word "sorry" in Canada, Ontario lawmakers passed the "Apology Act" in 2009. Saying sorry could no longer be used against you in a court of law and that it represents an "expression of sympathy or regret” and not “an admission of fault or liability."
X0avE TIL: The poem, Catullus 16, written by Gaius Valerius Catullus in Ancient Rome went unpublished for centuries as it was extremely vulgar. The very first line "Pēdīcābo ego vōs et irrumābō " translates to "I will sodomize and facefuck you"
vPNjB TIL the 2010 Flash Crash, during which the US stock market temporarily lost $1 trillion in value, was partly caused by Navinder Sarao, an autistic man living in his parents' London home. In a span of 5 years, Sarao made a profit of $40 million by tricking high frequency traders with custom software.
yQKop TIL in 2002 Microsoft forgot to pay to renew one of their domains and a random guy paid the bill so he could check his hotmail.