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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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BrNey TIL MI6 once hacked into an al-Qaeda and replaced their instructions for making bombs with a cupcake recipe
JYaVB TIL in 1944 a 14-year-old was executed by electric chair. George Stinney Jr, a black boy, was accused of murdering 2 white girls. The trial was flimsy, and the jury decided in 10 minutes to execute the teen. In 2014, his conviction was vacated.
wLlZ7 TIL Darwin's Beetle (Chiasognathus grantii) have giant mandibles (more than 1/2 their body length) they use to battle males as they climb trees where females are found for a chance to mate. The mandibles can hook rivals under the wings to throw them off the tree, as well as the female after mating.
awEnM TIL Pine bark bread is high nutrient, low calorie famine food.
d8gVj TIL South Africa is the first and only country in the world to build and then voluntarily dismantle their nuclear weapons