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TIL that in March 2011, a Brazilian man from Rio de Janeiro saved a penguin that was covered in oil. Since then, the penguin visits the man every year.

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E1ODp TIL in 1848, Edgar Allen Poe wrote "Eureka" which envisaged The Big Bang, Black Holes, The Big Crunch and the first plausible solution to the Olbers Paradox. This was 100+ years before any of those were accepted scientific facts and Einstein would later call it "a beautiful achievement".
97Mp TIL that a U.S. court once debated whether the X-Men are human or not, because “dolls”- which represent human beings - are tariffed at twice the rate of “toys” - which represent something other than human (monsters, robots, etc.). The court decided that X-men are not human.
BPPK TIL that Ketchup, both the word and sauce, originate from China
oLoE TIL: Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.
XKmX TIL of the Chrysler Air-raid Siren. It was powered by a 331CI Hemi engine that made 180HP. It’s six horns were 3ft long, had an output of 138dB, and could be heard up to 25 miles away. It produced the loudest sound ever achieved by an air raid siren.