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TIL that the Portuguese Man o’ War is actually technically not a jellyfish. It’s actually a bunch of smaller organisms that can’t survive on their own and work together to function as one animal.

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GAPBg TIL that in the 1970s Theo Albrecht (one of the founders of Aldi) was kidnapped, haggled the ransom down to 7 million marks and (unsucessfully) tried to claim the ransom as a tax deductible business expense
EmX TIL ZZ Top turned down $1,000,000 to shave their beards for a Gillette commercial.
WjB8 TIL dinosaurs were already extinct, but 10,000 years ago American population faced the Glyptodon, a badass giant armadillo the same size and weight as a Volkswagen Beetle
OoPkY TIL Canada Post has an annual “Letters To Santa” program where children can mail a letter to Santa and receive a personalized response. The team is equipped with psychologists and social workers to deal with “special letters” and give appropriate responses if they feel the child is in danger.
O8p1 TIL that in 2003, American soldiers in Iraq vandalized the 6,000 year old Sumerian city of Ur by spraypainting “Semper Fe” on its walls. No response was made by the US government to the allegations.