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TIL female penguins prostitute to get pebbles for their nests

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Ay5x TIL that the first leaf blowers were insecticide misters that workers were misusing to blow leaves instead.
p8vnN TIL there is an area in France that people are still not allowed into over 100 years after the Battle of Verdun.
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