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TIL the photosynthesizing Green Sea Slug is considered part animal and part plant.

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P1k8g TIL of the Himalayan fossil hoax, in which an Indian paleontologist bought, stole and/or was gifted fossils from other parts of the world and claimed they were from the Himalayas.
0wDZA TIL Snoop Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. His “Snoop Dogg” nickname came from his mother who thought he looked like Snoopy from the Peanuts
RM4j TIL that the North Korean government operates a chain of restaurants that appear throughout China and Southeast Asia and even Russia. Each restaurant funnels $100k - $300k per year back to the DPRK.
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