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TIL that a bird(penguin) can go to greater depths in the ocean than most fish

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K0YG TIL that atheists are officially banned from holding public office in six US states.
9wx1M TIL that according to Piaget, up to the ages 4 or 5 years, the child believes that almost everything is alive and has a purpose. During the second stage (5-7 years) only objects that move have a purpose. In the next stage (7-9 years), only objects that move spontaneously are thought to be alive.
wLxQ8 TIL if you stand on Mercury, experiencing a day, from sunrise to sunrise, will take two full orbits around the sun, and three full rotations of the planet.
4XOWR TIL when James Brady (the White House Press Secretary paralyzed by a gunshot wound from the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt) died in 2014, it was ruled a homicide 33 years after the incident.
eQ6g TIL of Exercise Tiger, the training for D-day that ended with 946 American Deaths when 9 German E-boats showed up during the rehearsal and attacked.