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TIL the Portuguese man o' war isn't a singular organism; instead, it's made up of specialized individual animals of the same species

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Egy6d TIL Walt Disney World in Florida was originally not going to have a version of the popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride. As Florida is part of the Caribbean, Disney felt Floridians would find it redundant.
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