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TIL there are sea slugs that incorporates chloroplasts into their bodies, making them the only multicellular animals that can photosynthesize.

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ymWV TIL The reason pirates wore eye-patches was so that one eye was always used to the dark, making it easier to see quickly when going below deck.
pGQb TIL that a single fire hydrant in San Francisco survived a massive earthquake in 1906 and aided fire fighters in saving the Mission district. In memory of the event, the hydrant was painted gold.
EpbW TIL in 1994 toxic fumes from a dying woman’s blood caused an ER to be entirely evacuated, with 23 of the 37 staff sick, 5 of whom were hospitalized themselves, one in intensive care for two weeks.
yX08 TIL that when Steven Spielberg was to be awarded his honorary doctorate from USC’s Cinematic Arts school, he agreed to accept only if it was personally signed by the admissions officer who rejected him for an average “C” grade when he applied there as an aspiring film student. It was.
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