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TIL that “tobogganing” is what you call when a penguin glides through their stomach

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E17ow TIL: about the strange case of Bella the unidentified woman found dead inside a hollow tree in WW2. No one has ever been charged with her murder and no one is sure who she was although rumours speculated that she was a spy, she was killed by witches and that she was a a missing prostitute.
EKw TIL Marijuana seeds are a source of all amino acids and are a complete protein
rRpr4 TIL a chimpanzee war broke out between one tribe and a separatist faction, known as the Gombe war.
VBMJZ TIL that the name "The Wars of the Roses" was made up centuries later, by Sir Walter Scott, the British novelist.
GrGg TIL in 2012 a Pit Bull named Lilly pulled her unconscious owner from the path of an oncoming freight train. The driver said he saw the dog frantically pulling at the woman, not giving up even though the train didn’t stop in time. The dog saved the woman and survived impact injuries herself.