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TIL that male ducks grow new penises each year during the mating season. Their penis size is influenced by social environment. In research studies, the ducks housed in co-ed environment grew longer penises than those housed in pairs, likely because the ducks in groups were competing for mates.

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v1rJR TIL in the early 90s John Travolta's career was over until director Quentin Tarantino asked to meet. Quentin made John play board games from his past movies and had him recite famous lines to his past films. At the end of the evening Quentin offered the part of Vincent in Pulp Fiction.
6LAY TIL in 2006 a judge in Texas sentenced a 14-year-old black girl who was a first time offender to prison for 7 years for shoving a hall monitor, 3 months earlier that same judge sentenced a 14-year-old white girl,convicted of arson for burning down her family’s house, to probation.
4Q5b TIL that Canada caught and removed more spies from the U.S than from any other country in the last ten years.
mx5Wo TIL of Andy—a footless goose born in the 1980s who walked around in baby shoes. He rapidly became a huge star and appeared all over the media, before he was murdered in 1991. His death sparked a nation-wide outrage and a $10,000 reward for information about his killer, but the case was never solved.
rOdx TIL that, in 1990, the profits from Pizza Hut restaurants operating in Russia were paid out in bottles of Vodka(Stolichnaya). Pizza Hut would then sell the vodka in the USA. Pizza Hut still holds the exclusive rights to sell Stolichnaya in the USA.