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TIL of Lala the King Penguin trained to go to the fish shop alone

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PgWE TIL that on a training sortie and under radio silence, a Sea Harrier pilot lost all contact with his flight and HMS Illustrious. Using the radar, he navigated to the only ship in the area and landed the harrier atop of some cargo containers. Ship, aircraft and pilot arrived in Portugal 4 days later.
D1amv TIL the 'Healthiest hearts in the world' were found in a Bolivian forest people, who get 72% of their energy from carbohydrates, which is the exact opposite to many recent suggestions that carbohydrates are unhealthy.
WkdrA TIL Women started shaving only in the early 1900s and it was out of a need.
7QDL TIL Survivors in the USS West Virginia during the bombing of Pearl Harbor survived for another 16 days after the event, trapped in the ship, until they died
wLjeW TIL on 22nd January 1943, the temperature at Spearfish (South Dakota) rose 27°C in just 2 minutes from -20°C to 7°C, then plummeted back from 12°C to -20 °C over a 27 minute period causing windows to crack