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TIL Some species of octopus that live near land will sometimes actually leave the water and crawl on land in search of food

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0n7j TIL THE ROMANS ONLY HAD CAPITAL LETTERS
mx1Yx TIL X-men's Rogue (voice actor) is a politician
VMkM0 TIL that the rule of thumb “half your age plus seven” was in earlier sources understood as a formula to calculate the ideal age for the bride, instead of a lower limit for the suitable age.
Wkd6A TIL in 1959, rather than integrate, Prince Edward County in Virginia closed all of their public schools for FIVE YEARS. White children attended state-subsidized "private schools". No provision was made for educating the county's black children.
6bRJ TIL: Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx exchanged friendly letters and discussed their similar views on the exploitation of labor.