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TIL That an extinct species of penguins were 2.0M tall and weighed 115Kg!

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AN6Jg TIL that despite its significant mineral deposits and other resources, such as uranium reserves, oil, gold, diamonds, hydropower and significant area of arable land, the Central African Republic has the lowest GDP per capita at purchasing power parity and the second lowest inequality-adjusted HDI.
yavp TIL that Tiny Hole in Airplane Windows is a safety feature called the breather hole is used to regulate the amount of pressure that passes between the window’s inner and outer panes
VMrpB TIL tug-of-war is a competitive sport
gM1lW TIL: People like Forrest Gump were real. In the Vietnam War, a program under LBJ, and McNamara swept through the ghettos of America looking for low IQ people to induct into the Armed Forces; in total 354000 people. Termed "McNamara's Morons" they were KIA at 3x the rate of other soldiers
Y7JbZ TIL that when Pope John Paul II visited Phoenix, he held mass at Sun Devil Stadium, which had all images and textual mentions of the Sun Devil mascot and nickname removed or covered for the occasion.