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TIL that Icelanders gather every fall to save baby puffins (pufflings) that have gotten lost and they do it by throwing them off a cliff.

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rRoJo TIL Charlie Day was offered a part on the network show "Life on a Stick." At the same time, his friends began filming their own show with no money. Day turned down “Life on a Stick,” which lasted one season, while "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" became one of the longest running comedies ever.
nWxKo TIL - Lightning is good for soil
p8vMN TIL of "poop" pills - capsules containing only bacteria from donors' poo which are used to treat gut infections. They have no scent, taste and are as effective as traditional fecal transplants while being much cheaper.
VB0p0 TIL that Andy Warhol was secretly a devout Byzantine Catholic, who attended church almost daily. At one point, he financed his nephew’s studies for priesthood, and was also responsible for at least one religious conversion. Warhol’s brother described him as “really religious”.
loBxa TIL the last man to walk on the moon wrote his daughter's initials in the moon dust. When the shuttle program later began, he chose to leave NASA, saying: "Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough."