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TIL that due to shortages penicillin was re-extracted from patients’ urine during World War II

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dDYr8 TIL the birds with the largest egg size in relation to their body are Kiwis. Their eggs can weigh up to 1/4 the weight of a female. This places a strain on the body of the female, who has to eat 3 times the normal amount of food. The last few days, her stomach has no room and she is forced to fast
xVE50 Today I learned that there is a German band called Compressor Head composed entirely of Robots, who actually play the instruments.
YpVGd TIL a memorial to faithful slaves was installed in 1900 in Fort Mill, SC.
xANg TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks only 18 lines in ‘The Terminator’ and less than 100 words in total.
AmB7 TIL that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, the same man who wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark