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TIL:Daylight Savings costs the U.S. an estimated $434 million in lost productivity and decreased health.

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KYLP4 TIL that Costasiella kuroshimae are shell-less marine mollusks that indirectly perform photosynthesis despite being animals. They are capable of this through a process called kleptoplasty, in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on.
W8mA TIL that 4 US states have completely banned billboards
dDAN9 TIL John Brabazon Ponsonby was arrested during the French Revolution for being an aristocrate but was let free because he was too handsome to hang.
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