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TIL that a penguin has achieved the rank of brigadier general in the Norwegian army.

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nedab TIL drowned doesn't mean dead and you could survive underwater for up to 25 minutes
MekKW TIL Elephants resist cancer because of a gene called P53 that can either order repair of a damaged cell, or order to kill it. Most of the time P53 chooses the latter. The LIF6 gene carries out the orders to eliminate the cancerous cells.
0dQ11 TIL “Jeopardy!” contestant Dhruv Gaur wrote “What is… We [love] you, Alex!” as his Final Jeopardy response while Alex Trebek was battling cancer. The message left Trebek visibly emotional and was widely shared as an example of fans’ affection for the longtime host.
W7y1A TIL Olivia Newton-John was the granddaughter of German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Max Born.
me0p TIL that in 2011 a man hid in a tank of raw sewage at a yoga festival to watch women going to the bathroom. When someone spotted him he fled, covered in feces.