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TIL Adélie Penguins were observed to participate in rape, pedophilia, and necrophilia. The displays were so graphic, the scientist who originally saw them hid away the records of it for over 100 years.

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Me6ba TIL the Ancient Greek author Diodorus Siculus wrote that the people of Spain's Balearic Islands loved to be naked & loved women. The Greeks called the islands Gymnesiae meaning naked (γυμνοί) & legend states the the inhabitants would give 3 or 4 men as ransom for 1 woman.
bZQ7 TIL that 1 in every 8 American workers have been employed by McDonalds.
Zpp1D TIL The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. It was apparently chosen because of its connection with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology
wLPP6 TIL that a 6 year old boy acknowledged by the Dalai Lama as the next "Panchen Lama", the 2nd highest Tibetan spiritual leader, was kidnapped by China in March 1995. He was replaced by the son of members of the Chinese Communist Party. China has not mentioned the boy since May 1995.
R5pL6 Til man has used herding dogs since the Neolithic age over 10 thousand years ago