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TIL (organic) sponges are animals - not plants.

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WKGY TIL that Aubrey Plaza (Parks & Rec, Scott Pilgrim vs The World) suffered a stroke leaving her paralyzed and aphasic (unable to speak) in 2004
5Ybgp TIL that Canadians can opt-out of receiving advertising mail entirely.
mxooM TIL that Louis Braille (the inventor of Braille) is buried in his home which now is a museum, but his hands were cut off at the wrists and buried in his childhood hometown
0DOp TIL When Australia beat England in a cricket match in 1882, a British newspaper published an obituary proclaiming the death of English cricket. The symbolic ashes of its cremation were placed in an urn, and both teams still compete to win them back every two years.
d1EZ TIL of the Steller’s sea cow. At up to thirty feet long, it was one of the largest mammals to have ever lived. It was famous among sailors because its meat was reportedly delicious and lasted for months without spoiling. Within twenty seven years of its discovery, it was hunted to extinction.