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TIL that in 2008 the King of Norway knighted a penguin called Nils Olav III that lives at Edinburgh Zoo. The King described him as a penguin "in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood". He is a Brigadier and Colonel-in-Chief in the Norwegian army.

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6Wxm TIL-In ‘98, ODB once witnessed a car accident and organized a group to lift a vehicle involved in order to save a 4 year old girl. He frequently visited her in the hospital under a false name until the media caught wind of it.
oQY TIL that the phrase “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all”. Is now known as “Thumper’s rule” or “Thumper’s law” after the character in Bambi.
nrJG TIL George Lucas allowed the band members of ‘N SYNC to make a cameo appearance in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones in order to appease his daughters. The footage was then cut out of the final version of the film
eXBE TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart. A veteran of 4 wars. He’s been Shot in the stomach, groin, head, hand, ankle, hip, and leg, chewed off a few of his own fingers, survived two plane crashes and lost an eye.
X0JXE TIL that chicken McNuggets (introduced nationwide only in 1983) come in 4 shapes: the bell, the bow-tie, the ball and the boot. McDonalds states "The 4 shapes we make Chicken McNuggets in was the perfect equilibrium of dipability and fun. 3 would’ve been too few. 5 would’ve been, like, wacky."