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TIL That Some Sea Slugs Can Remove Their Own Heads and Regrow Their Bodies to escape parasites

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woKgJ TIL The Washington DC license plate includes the slogan "End Taxation Without Representation"
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8Dpa TIL Desmond Doss is the first and only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. During the Battle of Okinawa, he aided and saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen. He did not carry a weapon or kill enemy soldiers.
VMklk TIL the Molotov Cocktail was not invented by Russians, but instead by under-supplied Finns who used them as improvised anti-tank weapons against the USSR in the Winter War. The famous Finnish alcoholic beverage company ALKO actually switched to mass producing Molotov Cocktails during the war.
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