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TIL that how ‘Lubrication' provided by tiny air bubbles released from under the feathers could allow penguins to gain enough speed to leap out of the water and onto the ice shelf And scientists are mimicking this robots.

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L779 TIL of Manichaeism. It spanned from the Roman Empire to China. Founded by Mani, who claimed to be a successor of Buddha, Zoroaster, and Jesus. St. Augustine was a Manichee before he apostatised. Today none of its texts has survived and it is now extinct due to a worldwide holocaust of its adherents.
94AG TIL there are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the United States
6EKlw TIL that duplo and lego are compatible
R571 TIL that Lucifer, as referred to in the book of Issiah, was actually a Babylonian king.
QNXXe TIL that historically, the method through which tea was delivered from China determined it's name: Tea if by sea, Cha if by land