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Today I learned there has been 61 Olympic game defectors

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9AyD TIL of a half plant, half animal sea slug that eats algae to gain their photosynthetic powers, now needing only sunlight to survive.
ANk4n TIL The original version of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde, which included more explicit references to homosexuality, wasn't published until 2011.
Ym6W TIL Chevrolet Vegas were shipped vertically in their rail cars
a8VJA TIL a 1980s arson spree in Boston was caused by police and firefighters protesting budget cuts
JYX5v TIL Mother Damnable, who ran Seattle's first brothel, could swear expertly in Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.