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TIL that penguins have an organ behind their eyes that turns sea water in to fresh water

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dDYW8 TIL three candidates running for mayor in a Romanian town had the same name. None of them were related.
VBwJ4 TIL The origins of hummus are hotly debated with the Lebanese, Turks, Syrians and Israelis all claiming to have invented the dish. International lawsuits and appeals to the UN and the EU have resulted from the so called 'hummus wars.' We do know the dish is likely about 700 years old
4pmJ TIL While US army officer Braxton Bragg held both the job as the company commander and the post quartermaster, he made a request as commander to the quartermaster and when he received the request as quartermaster, he denied it. He continued to argue back and forth with himself through letters.
wLMlP TIL Michelangelo depicted a perfect anatomical cross section of the human brain in the "God Creating Adam" painting, as well as the painting "The Separation of Light from Darkness," within God’s chest and throat, researchers have found a precise depiction of the human spinal cord and brain stem.
aBvJ TIL Stanley Kubrick said that he didn’t use drugs because “when everything is beautiful, nothing is beautiful”.