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TIL The algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, has been identified as the largest known single-celled organism. Found underwater, it can grow up to several meters long- even though it's technically just one cell.

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x64nk TIL the author of the Dr. Dolittle series, Hugh Lofting, created the book in a series of letters to his children while he was fighting in the First World War as a way to spare them from the horrors he was witnessing being committed on both humans and animals alike
VM8n4 TIL Elephants should not carry weight on their backs. Their spines have bony protrusions that make bearing weight painful and damaging.
N7NJ6 TIL that slowly losing one's native language while living in a non-English-speaking country is a real thing. It's called language attrition and there are people who study and research it.
6EXRw TIL during a press conference in June 1943 Congressman Andrew May noted that Japanese depth charges detonated too soon to be effective. The Japanese changed depth charge tactics after the press releases, killing 800 US submariners
69XAX TIL the blast of air you feel when walking into a store is to prevent insects from flying in.