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Today I learned that jellyfish are plankton

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78ljP TIL During a total eclipse, bees will temporarily stop buzzing during the darkness
0bRj TIL There are plans to build a tunnel between Spain and Morocco, connecting Africa to Europe.
Xr1k TIL there’s a proposal to build an underground park within an old station in New York, lit by daylight transported by fiber optic cables to allow trees and grass to grow
yP9v TIL the screenwriter of Alien (1979), Dan O'Bannon, credited his experiences with Crohn’s disease for inspiring the chest-busting scene.
v1LDj TIL that the US is in eternal battle with a flesh eating fly called the Screw Worm. Basically a maggot that burrow into live flesh, head first. There's a worm screw border guard at Panama, having mostly irradicating them in North America. Last US case in 2016. Yes, they will lay their eggs in you.