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TIL A penguin species that lived around 37m years ago was nearly 7 foot tall

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R7nea TIL One company owns or holds a majority stake in Keurig Green Mountain, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, The Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Caribou Coffee Company, Eistein Bagels, Espresso House, Mighty Leaf Tea, Stumptown Coffee, and Bruegger's Bagels
4X6y6 TIL of the Brocken Spectre, an atmospheric condition in which the sun casts a person’s shadow onto fog or clouds, making the shadow appear enormous, otherworldly, and ringed with a rainbow halo.
yQklv TIL domesticated cats have been responsible for the 33 extinction around the world. One being caused by a single cat, Tibbles, who killed an entire population of Stephen's Island Wren.
ZREv TIL that right beneath Beverly Hills is an active, productive oilfield that has been active for over a century, and as of 2009, still has 11 million barrels of oil left to be mined, and includes an oil rig located right next to the Beverly Hills high school, disguised as an ordinary building.
6ZdQ TIL that in 1998, Nestle trademarked the tubular packaging of Smarties. It later sued Masterfoods Denmark which marketed M&Ms in a similar package. The Supreme Court of Denmark later ruled that a basic geometrical shape couldn’t be trademarked, and ordered the trademark to be removed.