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TIL giant penguins taller than the average man lived in Antarctica 37 million years ago

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MRZA TIL in 1943 300 extermination camp prisoners escaped after assassinating over 12 SS officers
p87W4 TIL about a UK spray painter who anonymously drew penises on potholes around the country to force the government to fix them. He was given the nickname “Wanksy”.
PY86E TIL that The Beatles recorded a 15 kilohertz track at the end of Sgt. Pepper's "A Day in the Life" that only dogs could hear.
mxn0E TIL although the TV show "Friends" ended in 2004, the six main cast members still receive a yearly check of $20 million in royalties alone.
Qo7M TIL that the last words of Peter Kürten, a serial killer executed by guillotine, said “Tell me—after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures.”