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TIL Emperor Penguins can shut down organs that aren’t in use to let them stay underwater for up to 20 minutes

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GAvxg TIL that in 1979, a song titled “Ready ‘n’ Steady” appeared on a Billboard chart. However, the song was never actually released, and for years, its existence was unconfirmed. In 2016, a researcher used old copyright records to find the record, giving it its first known public exposure.
168e8 TIL that the 1992 Dream Team, widely considered the best basketball team ever assembled, only practiced together for six days in Monaco before winning the Olympics. Monaco was selected in part because it would be attractive to a team with some notorious gamblers.
J7vj TIL Chinese films used to use Chinese actors in “whiteface,” using wigs and nose prosthetics to play Caucasians
78wyb TIL that Gilbert Gottfried's sister was an award-winning street photographer.
NXGmN TIL Steve Comisar sold "solar powered clothes dryers" in national magazines for $49.99 and subsequently sent customers a clothesline.