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TIL that the Norwegian Royal Guard has "Major General Sir Nils Olav III" as member... whom is a penguin

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kJGP7 TIL over 70% of Irish men are hazardous drinkers according to the WHO's AUDIT-C screen tool
x6ynB TIL the first confirmed minor to be executed in the United States was 16yo Thomas Granger, executed for buggery involving several animals, including "a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheep, two calves, and a turkey."
xaKg TIL NASA told Hillary Clinton she couldn’t become an astronaut because she’s a girl.
gGoy TIL that Finnish police found a dead mosquito while searching a stolen car. They tested the blood from the mosquito’s last meal and used it to identify the thief.
wo64Y TIL about the Man of the Hole, the last member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil. He gained his name for digging a deep hole in each of his former residences (for reasons that remain unknown), and remained isolated for over 50 years in the Amazon rainforest until his death in 2022.