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TIL Antarctic explorers would lure penguins to their ship to be eaten by playing musical instruments. When a bagpipe was played, the penguins fled in terror.

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EggoX TiL of the existence of the "Prado" Mona Lisa, a copy of the famous work believed to have been painted by one of Da Vinci's students simultaneously as Da Vinci painted the original.
oRmlE TIL that the term “missionary position” was likely invented by sexologist Alfred Kinsey and based on a misunderstanding of an earlier book. Regardless, the term has since been adopted into French, German, Spanish, and Dutch
AD0Ra TIL Charlie Chaplin was into young girls. He fired an under aged girl from his movie after refusing to abort his child and narrowly escaped a sex scandal by marrying her in secret.
R5o6 TIL After conducting Symphony No. 9 stone deaf, Beethoven had to be physically turned around to see the audience applaud him (some waved handkerchiefs so he could visibly see their ovations)
mxRBM TIL that transoceanic internet cabling (AKA the "internet backbone") is a fiber optic line that is about as thick as some sturdy home ethernet cabling