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TIL North America used to have penguins.

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oRWPR TIL Ernest Hemingway sold the book "To Have and Have Not" rights to the Hughes Tool Company,Howard Hawks bought the book rights,then sold them to Warner Bros.Hawks made ten times more money selling the rights than Hemingway did.After hearing it,Hemingway refused to speak to Hawks for "three months".
awd9b TIL about the Chicken Gun, a compressed-air cannon used to fire dead chickens at aircraft components in order to simulate high-speed bird strikes during the aircraft's flight.
aPry TIL that ‘lbs’ comes form the latin word 'libra’ which means pound.
QJWvM TIL That Jack Daniel's HQ is in a dry county so their product is not available for purchase in the area. Also TIL: US has dry counties.
XE5GR TIL A McDonald's in Helena, Arkansas used to produce its own commercials in the 90's. Here's one of them.