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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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5YAr9 TIL In 1978, two Monty Python comedians shot a scene dressed up as John Lennon and Paul McCartney and then tourists, thinking they were the Beatles, asked for their autographs, while the actual George Harrison, who they didn’t recognize, stood nearby laughing his ass off.
bQ7j TIL that the Bible specifically forbids Christians from filing civil lawsuits against one another, requiring that they pursue arbitration with a Christian authority.
9wMdG TIL rats can laugh and like to be tickled but the sound is too high for humans to hear
Ldpd TIL: China used more cement in the last three years than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century.
64Al TIL the official state vegetable of Oklahoma is watermelon.