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TIL A king penguin in Japan was rescued and nursed back to life. He refused to leave, and now lives with the family. He has his own extra cold room, and he goes out on walks around the neighbourhood to pick up groceries.

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gr8gX TIL compasses are made differently for northern & southern hemispheres, because the magnetic field dips N / S. This requires the needle to be counter-weighted at the S end for northern hemisphere & vice versa. A northern compass used below the equator would likely drag its S tip on the compass base!
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