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TIL Carlos Mencia isn’t really Mexican. He’s half German half Honduran. And his real name is Ned Arnel.

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rNGEM TIL Adélie penguins use stones for building their nests. Based on a 1998 study, media reports stated that a shortage of stones led female Adélie penguins to trade sex for stones. Some pair-bonded female penguins copulate with males who are not their mates and then take pebbles for their own nests.
1a9Rr TIL in 1987, an engineer used a new computer program “rwall” to send a message to his university server. Instead, the program broadcasted the message to every user on the internet—including the Pentagon.
9YxBB TIL Irv Gordon of Long Island, NY. has put more miles on his car than any other person ever. His 1966 Volvo P1800 currently has over 3 million miles and counting.
QJjv6 TIL Mae Jemison, the first woman of colour to go into space, suffered from a fear of heights before embarking on the astronaut training that eventually led her to the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
Z8P4G TIL that multi-platinum R&B/Pop singer Keri Hilson dissed Beyonce and received overwhelming backlash, causing her to fall into a 9-year depression. She hasn't released any music in 9 years and now considers herself washed up. She's only 37 years old.