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TIL that there are prostitute penguins who exchange sexual favours for stones.

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vPvLr TIL The moon is tidally locked to earth meaning we always see the same side. However the moon DOES rotate on its axis, it just does it in perfect sequence with its orbit
OGM7 TIL that when Donald Sutherland was cast in Animal House, he was offered either a 40k upfront payment, or a percentage of the film. Thinking that the film wouldn’t be a success, he took the 40k. Had he taken even just 1% of the film’s revenue, he would have made $1,416,000.
0ooR TIL that in 2012 two 18-year-old students discovered that some bacteria can be cultured to target the base chemicals that make up plastics, thus advancing the search for plastics-destroying microbes.