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TIL of a half plant, half animal sea slug that eats algae to gain their photosynthetic powers, now needing only sunlight to survive.

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xVoX0 TIL that when Diogenes, the Ancient Greek philosopher, was mocked by members of the Athenian Elite at a party, who were comparing him to a dog and throwing him bones across the room, he simply stood up, walked over, lifted his leg and took a big ol' steaming piss all over them.
J74m TIL that the B.I.G. portion of the name The Notorious B.I.G. stood for Business Instead of Game, and upon his death, Books Instead of Guns.
woM56 TIL In a 2012 interview, Max Von Sydow claimed that Ingmar Bergman contacted him from beyond the grave to prove there was an afterlife.
N7PG8 TIL that Americanitis - a “condition” caused by too much stress, too little sleep, rushed meals and the fast paced advance of technology - was “cured” by the Great Depression.
epdnb TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster which killed 84 people and injured 120 others