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TIL Scientists are digging up Adélie penguin guano(poop) to study millennia of Antarctica’s history.

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Ypx7r TIL there's a holiday called 'Buy Nothing Day' an international day of protest against consumerism & 'Black Friday.' Participants wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare.
AD1Yw TIL of involuntary parks, areas rendered unsuitable for human habitance (by acts of mankind) that have since returned to its original, wild state as a result, like the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for example.
loMea TIL Bruce Dickinson (lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden) and his then-solo band drove through the front lines of war in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. They weren't protected and there were bullets flying around. They played a show for the people trapped in the city.
x6MVk TIL that in 1601 Imperial Chaplain, St. Lawrence of Brindisi, led troops against the Ottoman Army during the Siege of Székesfehérvár wielding nothing but a crucifix. He was unharmed during the battle.
0mbp TIL: In 2006, Texas started arresting people for being drunk in bars