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TIL the first scientist to see penguins engage in gay sex and necrophilia was so disturbed he tried to obscure his findings

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Qe8e TIL the first animal ejected from a supersonic aircraft was not a monkey or a dog, but a BEAR
R55EQ TIL that during the Great Depression a businessman turned a poor Florida town into the richest US city per capita by convincing the populace to YOLO into Coca Cola stock, the value of which proceeded to appreciate vastly
rRJv1 TIL that Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer who was responsible for assassinating the first federal judge to have been killed in the 20th century
Mea1V TIL that Jonah Hill holds the title for "The Sweariest Actor in Hollywood", with 375 curse words on the big screen. Samuel L Jackson is actually in THIRD place.
jg4X TIL that in England darts was considered a game of chance until a 1908 court case where a local champion demonstrated that he could hit any number on the board the court requested. Following the demonstration, the judge found darts to be a game of skill.