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XpZE TIL that there is a species of fungus from the Amazon that feeds on plastic. It can live on plastic alone, and can do so without oxygen, potentially leading to new techniques for bioremediation.
e0YeJ TIL: Snails burrow under the leaves and soil and hibernate. Their heart rate slows to where it hardly beats at all, and the snail's blood contains chemicals that prevent it from freezing, similar to many insects and other invertebrates, and even frogs and other animals.
78PnX TIL an ex-wife was ordered to pay 85 weeks of alimony to a man she married while he is on death row.
bR5j TIL Some fans of Star Trek: Voyager remember an episode where Chakotay died and was brought back several episodes later without explanation. When asked about this episode at a convention, Robert Beltran said that his character had never died, and that he had no memory of such an episode.
wmlW TIL that an influential feminist theorist published that E=MC2 is a sexist equation for giving the speed of light too much privilege and that men cannot understand fluid mechanics because they don’t menstruate which leaves them unfamiliar with fluids.