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TIL the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs needed to hit a place rich in sulfur and hydrocarbons to create enough soot to cause mass extinction

TIL that Valve co-founder Gabe Newell got so obsessed with Mongolian throat singing that Counter-Strike developers had to shut their doors to block out the speakers

TIL that a Penguin has a military Rank within the Norwegian Military, the rank Major-General. The Penguin also lives in Edinburgh Zoo, in Scotland.