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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger had an egg thrown at him at a rally, and supported it as freedom of speech

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kaZ4 TIL the Turritopsis Dohrnii, a type of jellyfish, can change from its adult stage back to its polyp stage and back to an adult. It is able to continue doing this and is considered to be biologically immortal meaning it could theoretically live forever if it were able to avoid disease or predation.
Mr7b TIL that “Nutraloaf”, a bland nutrition loaf served in U.S. prisons has been challenged in court and called cruel and unusual punishment.
6E5Qw TIL the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon shattered it...
N70MM TIL that when the first trains came out, their terrifying speed of twenty miles an hour made people think they would suffocate or even have Women's Uteruses fly out.
mxEyM TIL during WWI, the British Army had “Pals battalions”; letting men from the same community to serve in the war together. This practice was ended after the Somme offensive, as entire battalions were wiped out, meaning their communities back home were devastated.