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TIL that researchers found fossils of a "Mega Penguin" that stood over 6ft tall and weighed in at over 250lbs.

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rRagM TIL one large dose of CBD has been found to greatly reduce the pleasantness of smoking cigarettes
9Y95M TIL about a tiger shark vomiting an arm which belonged to a man who disappeared a few weeks earlier, and sparked one of the most infamous crime stories in Australia.
rNwnd TIL in 1940 a Jewish couple fled Paris just before the Nazis seized the city on a pair of homemade bicycles. Among the few possessions they carried with them was the manuscript they created for the a book called Curious George.
yQj0J TIL that Lucy's Law bans pet shops and dealers in England from selling puppies and kittens. It was named after Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who developed fused hips, a curved spine, bald patches and epilepsy after years of mistreatment in the puppy farming system.
jXBa TIL in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a large male gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, even stroking the boy’s back. The incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.