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TIL bacteria in our gut have sex to better absorb vitamin B12

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d8Vn8 TIL that in 2008 the King of Norway knighted a penguin called Nils Olav III that lives at Edinburgh Zoo. The King described him as a penguin "in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood". He is a Brigadier and Colonel-in-Chief in the Norwegian army.
OxOX TIL the UN advisor on Drugs and Crime believes money from drug cartels and organized crime saved major banks during the 2008 financial crisis
Oo8a1 TIL that Israel's Eilat coral reef is one of the only natural reefs that is growing, instead of dying.
ovXR TIL that Eric Harris, one of the Columbine shooters, made his own levels in Doom that have their own fanclubs and are still downloaded and played today.
OoBXa TIL Teddy Roosevelt's Son Died Flying for the US During WWI. When His Body Was Discovered Behind Enemy Lines, the Germans Gave Him A Full Military Burial With Honors.