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TIL: 3% of bird species have penises. Those that do include ducks, geese, swans, ostriches and emus.

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J1LRm TIL on Dec 16, 1962 John Paul Scott escaped Alcatraz and swam to Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge where he was found hypothermic and exhausted. It is the only verified case of an inmate escaping and reaching shore by swimming. He was then returned to Alcatraz.
O0Q4 TIL Ozzy Osbourne deliberately married his second wife, Sharon Arden, on the Fourth of July so that he would never forget their anniversary.
M7Xga TIL: Helium is generated by radioactive decay, is a non-renewable resource, physically escapes into space, is used in applications such as MRIs, breathing mixtures and welding gas, and has no substitute.
XE0KE TIL that spiders can fly for miles and have been found 2.5 miles above earth surface.
ANQVx TIL that Rowan Atkinson, who plays Mr. Bean, has an IQ of 178, which is considered as a super genius and in top 0.1% of the population in the world.