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TIL that fortune cookies were invented in the United States

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AN194 TIL that the Galapagos penguin, a penguin endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, is the only penguin found north of the equator
l7xeV TIL about Australian Rules Football, a rugby-esque contact sport involving an oval ball. It's played by two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
4kDjX TIL the most common threshold for megafauna is as low as 45kg/100lb
nArd TIL an ox is just a steer (or bull) that has been trained to pull a plow, not a separate species from cattle (cows).
7Max TIL Africa doesn’t need aid or help,according to Sudanese billionaire Mohammed Ibrahim. “It’s a very rich continent. There is no justification for us to be poor…the problem isn’t lack of money. It’s governance"