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TIL Snails can sleep for 3 years

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VLRD TIL there are molds growing inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant that “feed” on gamma radiation
78PKX TIL that the elite force of soldiers in 4th century Thebes was 300 homosexual lovers (150 pairs) called Sacred Band of Thebes. They ended Spartan domination in Greece.
wLeWW TIL the cult that committed mass suicide in Jonestown began as a rare desegregated Pentecostal-Holiness church in Indianapolis in the 1950s, with lots of progressive programs like free food and legal advice for the poor
wokno TIL that Slash, guitarist of Guns N' Roses, helped fund the dinosaur exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (see "project funding")
yVBoa TIL Texas did not have safety regulations on natural gas until after a school blew up and hundreds of children were killed. No one was held accountable, but they passed strict regulations afterwards. It was so bad that even Hitler sent a letter of condolence.