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TIL there are numerous seaslugs that can perform photosynthesis, through a process known as kleptoplasty.

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DQLpr TIL more than 86% of psychologists have themselves sought therapy (average of 221 sessions), and 62% identify as depressed, themselves.
VBW94 TIL The French have "bécasse pâté" a dish made from Tapeworms: It consists of an oven roasted woodcock whose intestines are infested with the tapeworm Amoebotaenia lumbrici. After the bird is roasted whole with the innards intact, the intestines are removed and chopped up into a pâté.
9wgWQ TIL that the late Dean Of Game Shoe Hosts, Bill Cullen, was pilot in the Army Air Forces during WW II. What made this feat so amazing is that he was disabled due to contracting polio at the age of 18 months and a drastic automobile accident in 1937. Because of this, he was stationed stateside.
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KPDw TIL That Chattanooga Choo Choo was the first single in 15 years to sell 1 million copies, and RCA Victor gave Glenn Miller the first gold record as a reward.