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TIL the dunk tank evolved from a carnival game called African Dodger

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7rlex TIL about Klepetan, a male stork who migrates from South Africa to Croatia every year for the last 15 years to be with Melena, a female stork who can't fly after being shot by a hunter. She lives indoors until his return and they stay in a nest on a roof until he leaves. They've had over 40 babies.
ONDL TIL that Japan didn’t sign the 1929 Geneva convention on treatment of POWs, and nearly half of all Americans captured by the Japanese in WW2 were killed in custody.
yQdvp TIL: Aggression/aggressive behavior is stable over time, meaning if someone is aggressive at 5 years old they will be aggressive at 15 years old, 25 years old, 40 years old etc (without intervention)
VBkrQ TIL of the SS Birma, which steamed to aid The Titanic. They arrived too late to help, but held a memorial with a British flag they created themselves, and also took photographs of icebergs in the vicinity of the sinking.
WN1d TIL American males had a better survival rate than British males on the Titanic due to the British acting as gentlemen and acting ‘British’