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TIL penguins have an specialized organ that filters salt from their bloodstream, allowing them to drink salt water

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yQQEw The vortex at Saturn’s north pole, observed by the Cassini space probe on December 30, 2013.
okP8 TIL it is possible for HIV positive males to conceive babies without passing on HIV. A technique called Sperm Washing separates the sperm from the infected seminal fluid.
b66GQ TIL that Bobby Bonilla not only has a deferred-contract plan with the Mets that gets him $1.19M every July 1st, but he also has a second one with the Baltimore Orioles for another $500.000 every year from 2004 until 2029.
DPEJ TIL psychiatrist Leon Eisenberg, “scientific father of ADHD” said seven months before his death in his last interview: “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease”
yQMge TIL about an organization with an unconventional definition of Science