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TIL That several elite colleges took nude photos of every incoming freshman from 1940s to 1970s including many famous people

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KON5R TIL to just be allowed to try out for the US Olympic team for running the marathon, you have to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 19 minutes. That is the same thing as running 26 miles where each mile is done in around 5 minutes and 18 seconds.
p6vp TIL that researchers on a sub-Antarctic island observed fur seals chasing and raping penguins. The researchers speculated the fur seals could be practicing their sexual skills or releasing sexual frustration. In one instance, a seal finished the sexual encounter by killing and eating the penguin.
epMDJ TIL The set used for Amity Island in Jaws (1975) was later used as Cabot Cove on Murder She Wrote.
b6Y00 TIL the “chain fountain” effect where a chain of beads tumbling out of a jar rises up is also called the “Mould effect” after Steve Mould’s 2013 YouTube video brought widespread public attention to the phenomenon, and Cambridge academics published a paper on it .
78MNx TIL that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO in 1969