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TIL Kirk means "church" in Scottish

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kJe15 TIL that DDT, a pesticide banned ages ago, is still present in penguins over in Antarctica? this chemical gets passed up the food chain, starting from krill to penguins. The good thing is that the amount of DDT in the penguins isn't enough to harm them.
pYWjQ TIL Beefsteak fungus (aka poor man's steak) is actually edible
m1LLY TIL of room 641A- a secret room in an AT&T building that held secret equipment used to spy on citizens
Xm0Q TIL that Starbucks serve a smaller and cheaper size than “Tall” (called “Short”), but don’t show it on their menus.
160QP TIL the Walker Brothers weren't brothers and their surnames weren't Walker (real names being John Maus, Scott Engel and Gary Leeds).