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TIL: There is a slightly smaller, almost identical penguin to the emperor penguin, called a king penguin

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9wKXm TIL about Koro, a syndrome in which individuals have an overpowering belief that their sex organs are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals. Koro is also known as shrinking penis
vPglx TIL of the 1855 Toronto Circus Riot, which began when clowns from S.B. Howes’ Star Troupe Menagerie & Circus brawled with local firefighters in a brothel. The next night, firemen, their allies, and even police destroyed the circus. No arrests were made due to political ties.
7r01M TIL Film Industry of Nigeria (Nollywood) was ranked as world's second largest film producer with 872 films in 2009, ahead of the United States(485), Japan(417), China(330), and France(203). It was only left behind by India with 1091 films.
nWLAW TIL that Dr. Maya Angelou recorded an album of duets with Jessica Mitford's cowbell and kazoo band Decca and the Dectones, Jessica Mitford being the author of “The American Way of Death” and the younger sister of Adolf Hitler's girlfriend Unity Mitford.
OGD1Y TIL the first tests for Kevlar in bulletproof vests was done on goats. After 24 hours, one died. The rest had non-life threatening wounds.