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TIL when US imposed sanctions against Russia’s space program the Russian Deputy Prime Minister tweeted “After reviewing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest that the United States deliver their astronauts to the ISS using a trampoline”

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5YVJr Characterized by their large green bodies and beak-like teeth, bumphead parrotfish can be found near the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. These large corallivores use their mighty teeth to grind up the hard exterior of coral in search of the small creatures living inside. If you've ever visited a beach in these regions, you've probably relaxed on the sandy remnants of this coral-based diet. In other words, that beach is full of crap! National Geographic grantee Mikayla Wujec fills us in in this episode of Today I Learned.
6Er0m TIL about the Costasiella kuroshimae (AKA "leaf slug" or "leaf sheep"), a species of sacoglossan sea slug that has the ability to retain the chloroplasts from the algae it feeds on and use them to photosynthesize its own energy.
N7p9E TIL the metallic odor of copper and iron does not come from the metal itself but from oils in our skin that decompose into volatile substances when we touch the metal
9YyWr TIL Blaise Diagne,born in Senegal,was the 1st black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1914,also hold a position in the French gvt. His son would become the 1st black footballer in France,and won it in 1936. His grandson would be mayor of a French town until he died in 2017
kEr7 TIL of the “Well to Hell” hoax, where it was reported than a group of Russian engineers (while drilling into the ground) broke into Hell, and screams of the damned could be heard. The Trinity Broadcasting Network ran with the story and claimed it proved the existence of Hell.