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TIL North America used to have penguins.

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e0veb TIL of the primordial pouch: a skin flap on the stomach area of some cat breeds which appears regardless of weight; it helps to store energy when a cat goes a long period in between meals, and to protect vital organs when involved in fights.
Alba TIL the DEA tried to ban Glowsticks from Raves.
LkOev TIL that pea plants are able to associate stimuli with reward, similar to Pavlov's dog. Pea plants were conditioned to associate light with the presence of a fan.
1apoX TIL that in 2017, the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber allowed schools to stage their own version of his new musical ‘School of Rock’ for free, in a bid to tackle what he sees as a decline in arts education.
9Yr8p TIL about the "Immovable Ladder" which has sat on a wall of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem since at least 1728. It cannot be permanently moved without the agreement of six different Christian denominations, which has never been achieved.