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TIL Jellyfish evaporate in the sun as they’re 98% water.

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xV1Gg TIL many large fruits are considered “ghosts”, because large animals like the giant sloth that used to disperse them have gone extinct
yQBXe TIL that there is a water bridge in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River
R7DYj TIL about the Bonnacon, a medieval mythical beast that had curling horns and a mane and took down enemies with a jet of caustic feces.
p6wA TIL - A botched circumcision removed a young boy’s penis leading to him being brought as a female as part of a study to show that children are not by nature feminine or masculine. He rejected his female reassignment and later committed suicide.
woPeY TIL Main Street in San Francisco is not a centrally located street, because it’s actually named for a person: 19th century businessman Charles Main