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d8jO7 TIL that the first French territory that seaborne Allied forces captured on D-Day were the Îles Saint-Marcouf islands off the Normandy coast. Although they faced no resistance, the US troops suffered 19 casualties, killed and wounded, from mines that the Germans had left.
d8Awd TIL the star nosed mole is the only mammal known to be able to smell underwater. It does this by blowing bubbles with its nose and breathing back in the then scent chrarged air. It is a highly successful method for foraging in places many animals cannot.
X0Xgj TIL that Comet Swift-Tuttle is the largest comet to make repeated close approaches to Earth. A collision would release 27 times the energy of the impact that caused the extinction of dinosaurs. It has been described as "the single most dangerous object known to humanity".
PYX4g TIL there's a music genre called Bardcore. They take some modern songs, use medieval type instruments and pacing, and sometimes change some of the words to match medieval terminology
Ypne7 TIL Patrick Stewart is a major fan of Beavis and Butthead, to the point of collecting merchandise and calling it an addiction