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TIL some humans have what's called "Cute Aggression". Meaning when you see something cute, you get the overwhelming feeling of needing to hurt that cute baby or animal.

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nxM9 TIL in 1911 British Antarctic explorer George Murray Levick observed the sexual habits of an Adélie Penguin rookery. The habits included necrophilia, coercion and homosexuality. The report was deemed too indecent at the time and was only published in 2012.
p8bgN TIL about "Princess Caraboo", an impostor who feigned being a princess from a far off island and fooled an entire British town before being found out after a few months.
Brwgx TIL even though fierljeppen is one of the most famous sports in the Netherlands, fierljeppen is not known as much in other parts of the world.
Wk1l9 TIL that the Persian Army brought an immense block of marble to the Battle of Marathon, intending to build a monument of their victory. Captured by the Greeks, they sculpted a statue of Nemesis, the goddess who cuts down those with too much pride
E1DRw TIL In Samoa it is illegal to forget your wife’s birthday.