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TIL baby Sanddollars (like a sea urchin) eat the heaviest bits of sand they can find, to weigh them down so they don't get swept away, like a teeny tiny weight belt

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NKV8 TIL that avocados used to be eaten by giant ground sloths and were saved from extinction by humans
7rYAP TIL 3 Scottish soldiers escaped capture from German soldiers when they spoke their native Gaelic to confuse them after their capture claiming they were Ukrainian. The German soldiers let them go.
rxld TIL: UNTIL 2013, THE US NAVY SENT MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS
ep95 TIL there is a drug called disulfuram that is used to treat alcoholism that will make you very physically ill if you consume even a drop of alcohol.
DQmyD TIL Mary Jane Rathburn aka Brownie Mary was known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDs patients in the 1980s. Despite several arrests her defiant stance and grandmotherly image garnered public sympathy and media attention, helping to shift perceptions of medical cannabis.