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TIL Nearly 3% of Antarctic ice in glaciers is penguin urine

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p8LAG TIL in 1911, inmates on death row played baseball for their lives. If they won, execution was delayed. If they lost, their execution went ahead as scheduled.
OGB67 TIL that in some parts of Brazil, analog TV broadcasting is expected to continue until 2023.
ReDj TIL that an island in the Pacific worships an American pilot as a deity after his plane crashed on the island in the 1930s. They believe he lives in a volcano on the island and will one day shower them with riches.
OGkv6 TIL the founder of the Nobel Prizes was also the inventor of dynamite
0w1oy TIL that most mammals take 12 seconds to poop, no matter their size. Larger animals have bigger feces, but also excrete more mucus, accelerating defecation. It is speculated speedy voiding is helpful in avoiding predators.