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TIL penguins are one of the most sexually deviant animals.

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0d4jR TIL Ralph Ignatowski a US Marine who was captured by the Japanese in WW2. He was tortured in a cave for 3 days, his eyes and ears cut out, his teeth and skull smashed in. Many wounds to his stomach that was repeatedly stabbed with a bayonet, and his penis had been severed and stuffed into his mouth.
bB89 TIL that during Thirty Years War the Swedish refined waterboarding by using urine and shit
E1b0p TIL Jorunna parva, popularly known as "sea bunny", is a highly toxic species of sea slugs. The toxic nature of the species has been studied for their enormous benefit to humankind in medicine and biomedical research, particularly in cancer treatments.
b9RpQ TIL the lyrics of 'Smack My B*tch Up' alternate between the titular line and the line 'Change my pitch up'
grjwW TIL that the ideal biblical woman is both a homemaker who gets up early to cook and care for her family, and a successful businesswoman who buys land, turns it into a vineyard, and sells homemade clothes ensuring her family is never poor.