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TIL of a phylum of animals called Priapuldia (Little Priapus, the Roman god of fertility) AKA "Penis Worms, enjoy!

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5Y4MQ TIL The Vietnam war in Vietnam is called, the American War, or the, Resistance War Against America.
lmD5 TIL: that the Foley sound effect for automatic doors in Star Wars was created by sliding a piece of paper out of an envelope
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M7GGK TIL when the artists arrived to record "We Are the World," Stevie Wonder told them that if the song wasn't finished in one take, he and Ray Charles would drive them home.