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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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VMx5Z TIL that a comic book writer adopted two black daughters and wanted a comic book character they could relate to, so he made Miles Morales
j6e8v TIL the game "Exploding Snap" was originally mistranslated as "Exploding Snape" in the German version of Harry Potter, leaving fans to wonder if Harry and his friends were conjuring tiny Snapes they could blow-up for fun
W5O9 TIL The Hitler Youth passed out cyanide capsules to the audience at the March 28, 1945 performance of the Berlin Philharmonic.
yVrxM TIL that energy creation from fossil fuels is very inefficient and about 2/3 of the energy is wasted. In contrast, energy creation from renewable sources is very efficient. That's why we only feed to replace about 1/3 of the fossil fuels we use today by renewable energy.
yV7kp TIL that on April 18 1930, the BBC's evening news report simply said "there is no news" and then played piano music for the entire segment.