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TIL that penguins have knees. (And their legs are built up of a femur, knee, tibia and fibula much like a human’s. Corrected and reposted.)

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b9Ja TIL newborn babies can smile, but only as an innate survival reflex to make them look more appealing to care for. Sneaky bastards.
wLe81 TIL that it is a tradition in Japan to create rabbits out of snow that is called Yukiusagi, they use berries or red food dye for the eyes and bamboo leaves for the ears
j7Pv TIL that when Randolph Churchill (who was spoiled and rude) had a non malignant growth removed from his lung. A “friend” of the family was qouted saying “It was a typical triumph of modern science to find the one part of Randolph which was not malignant and to remove it.”
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