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TIL the Dutch Royal Family Returned Prince Bernhard’s Nazi Membership Card to Germany, Sparking Renewed Controversy

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d86kr TIL that the ceremonial gavel of the US Senate, in use since at least 1789, was broken in 1954 during a heated debate on nuclear energy by VP Richard Nixon
oBXoW TIL that there are native penguins in South Africa. The African penguin (also known as the jackass penguin cause of the species' loud, donkey-like bray) is the only wild penguin species that breeds in Africa.
OowP6 TIL there is no land under the north pole, only under the south pole
NXnaN TIL we are technically still in an ice age.
x6Ex1 TIL that the final Jackson 5 tour was such a financial disaster for the concert promoter that he was forced to sell the New England Patriots to cover the costs