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TIL Jorunna parva, popularly known as "sea bunny", is a highly toxic species of sea slugs. The toxic nature of the species has been studied for their enormous benefit to humankind in medicine and biomedical research, particularly in cancer treatments.

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VMyg0 TIL Pablo Picasso worked up until the day he died at age 91; literally painting till 3 am on Sunday, April 8th, which was just hours before his death. His last well known self-portriat was done a little less than a year before his death, entitled Self Portrait Facing Death
GYoB4 TIL the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations can legally appoint non-voting delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives. To date, only one has been nominated and is awaiting confirmation.
m1laM TIL: Nirvana's producer offered to work on "In Utero" for free if any of the band beat him in a game of pool
N7mDE TIL about scholar's stones or gonshi naturally occurring or shaped rocks which are traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars.
KO88G Today i learned one of the largest organisms on earth is a group of trees in Pando, Utah. It covers 107 acres and has 47,000 distinct trees that share the same root system.