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TIL there is a college just outside Death Valley on a cattle ranch where tuition and room/board is free, but students are expected to work 20 hours a week on the ranch

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oRPNo TIL there can be a >135f differential between the Antarctic air temperature and the incubation temperature of emperor penguin eggs. Male emperor penguins incubate the eggs over the winter, fasting for 4 months, holding them between their feet and a super insulated down pouch until they hatch.
XEEKR Are they really healthier raw?
0dN8L TIL: A Virginia Beach woman produced $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison “perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme”. Her husband was sentenced to 7 years in prison because he was aware of and profited from the scheme.
VBMk4 TIL that during the French Revolution, Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of Marquis de La Fayette, was imprisoned. However, before her planned execution, Elizabeth Monroe, the wife of Future President James Monroe, intervened. Not wanting to cut ties with James Monroe, France did not execute her.
OdJY TIL the winners of the 2016 Oscars also received a unofficial giftbag which included a sex toy