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TIL that a scientist on Scott’s 1910 Antarctic expedition observed Adélie penguins engaging in necrophilia, same-sex behavior, and chick abuse—and was so disturbed he wrote his findings in Greek to keep them secret

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J18VB TIL of the Nika Riots in Byzantium in 538 AD. They lasted a week, destroyed half the city, and killed tens of thousands of people. The riots were started over a chariot race
9J7D TIL that one of the reasons the US entered the First World War was because the British intercepted a German telegram to Mexico asking them to declare war on the US and in return Mexico would receive Texas and California
9jQG TIL when Yuri Gagarin was a child, he and his family had to live in a 10ft x 10ft mud hut for 21 months after Nazis occupied their farm and home. He later grew up to become the first human in space.
m1rbM TIL That the Roman coins of the that the Roman Empire found can be located and found as far east as in the east of is the China or the Chinese Dynasty as well.
1RQX TIL The movie Patch Adams hindered the real Patch Adams and his Gesundheit Institute in getting funds to build a hospital as the movie falsely claims the hospital was already built.