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TIL penguins were named for their resemblance to “penguins” a now-extinct bird unrelated to penguins

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KOYRw TIL while catnip is a stimulant for cats, it is a sedative for dogs.
8eRJL TIL in 1974 after the Cadillac Michigan Vikings football team lost their first two games, the coaches played Kiss before their practices. Winning the remainder of their games, Kiss showed up next year for their Homecoming dance.
yQg8V TIL "killer bees" (real name: Africanized bees) are actually a man-made hybrid species created in 1957 when 26 swarms of them escaped quarantine
LP9 TIL George Lucas stated Yoda is “actually the illegitimate child of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.”
v1Oej TIL That there's an episode of Rugrats where Tommy is kidnapped by two men who think he's the son of a millionaire, and it ends with them returning him because he won't stop crying.