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TIL that male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress female kangaroos for mating purposes.

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VMLkD TIL Mary Jane Rathbun, better known as Brownie Mary became known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDs patients in the 1980s. She was baking more than 4000 brownies per week. She was also known for wearing polyester pants suits and having a 'sailors mouth'.
mxlLY TIL that J. Cole graduated from St. John’s University in 2009, but did not receive his diploma until 2015 due to an overdue library book
YWGA TIL that Ed Dwight, the first African American accepted into the Astronaut Program, left the program because of discrimination before ever going into space.
R7Am6 TIL that due to their high fat and low water content, pistachios can self-heat and spontaneously combust if stored inproperly
jNGLQ TIL of the tallest solider of all time, Väinö Myllyrinne. While he served for the Viipuri Heavy Artillery he was (7ft 3in) tall. Later in his life he had anothe growth spurt and he ended up being (8ft 3in) tall. On top of all that he was a wrestler, in a circus, and had GIANT hands.