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TIL that penguins propose with pebbles! Male penguins find the smoothest rock they can and offer it to their mate as a way to start building a family together.

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8aknb TIL: Howard Ulrich and his 7-year old son were fishing in Lituya Bay, Alaska, in 1958 when a landslide generated a 1,720ft tsunami, the largest in recorded history. He and his son both miraculously survived, being found nearly a mile from where they were anchored at the time the wave hit their boat.
5pD TIL Robin Williams originally rejected the role of the Genie in Aladdin until he was shown an animation of the Genie doing his own stand-up routine.
78YJ7 TIL That anyone killed by lightening in Rome was denied proper burial, because it was assumed the gods had punished him
e0EPD TIL that the Nike slogan was inspired by the last words of a serial killer before he was executed
wo76 TIL many American vodkas really are the same. They’re produced by a handful of commodity giants and sold to brands for dilution, filtering, and packaging. One distillery fills 3 separate brand partner bottles with the same potato vodka.