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TIL that penguins can drink saltwater thanks to a special gland near their eyes that filters out the salt. This allows them to survive in ocean environments without access to fresh water.

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oBO7K TIL about the World's Littlest Skycraper, a building for which investors were given a blueprint measured in inches rather than feet. The promoter then ran off with the money after a building 12 times too small was constructed.
DJkj TIL that microwave turntables that reverse direction every time they are used do so only because of a byproduct of something done to make microwaves cheaper to manufacture
RE5l TIL since 1967 there has always been a plane in the air above the US which has the ability to retarget and launch nuclear missiles without the crew in the underground missile silos being involved.
oAJo TIL Easy-E’s last public statement before dying of AIDS: “A few times I used Jimmy-Hats, but most of the times, I did it raw, and I ain’t gay.”
QJYaX TIL that the Pacific Ocean is getting smaller and the Atlantic Ocean is getting bigger due to shifting of the Tectonic Plates