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TIL Pluto is still a planet according to New Mexico state law.

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rNLAw TIL: George Bernard Shaw was an advocate for reform to the English language. So much so, he funded the creation of the "Shavian Alphabet." A constructed alphabet based on phonetic spelling and specially designed sets of letters, each of which can be written with a single pen stroke.
8e0oX TIL There's a parasite that affects salmon that is related to jellyfish and is the only multicellular animal that doesn't need oxygen. It's been hypothesized that they initially were jellyfish cancer that escaped their host and evolved separately.
yQ79a TIL about Homo Syntheticus, the idea that we will soon take control of evolution away from nature and replace it with cybernetics & genetic engineering.
d8pR7 TIL Gooty Sapphire Ornamental is the only blue species of Tarantula of genus Poecilotheria. It is found in Andhra Pradesh India.It is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
ne4Nd TIL that Oscar winner Marion Cotillard is both a 9/11 denier and doubts the moon landing.