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TIL that the adorable Leaf Sheep sea slug can photosynthesize! 🌱🐌 This unique creature steals chloroplasts from the algae it consumes, allowing it to harness sunlight for energy just like a plant.

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DQEMj TIL there are 2 days each year where the entire world has 12h day/night
GADbN TIL that people born blind cannot become schizophrenic
Wo7N TIL Lance Von Allmen developed an oil containment system that uses chemically treated cellulose to perfectly absorb crude oil in water, and then wring the cellulose to get all of the crude oil back. He died a year after this aired. WHY wasn’t this used to clean up Deepwater Horizon?
oBPp8 TIL: Peregrine Falcons are one of the most common birds of prey, living in every continent except Antarctica.