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TIL Jellyfish are considered plankton because they cannot swim against the current

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Z8V5p TIL a Curaçao woman rescued a flamingo that crashed into a window, nursing it back to health, and after realizing she couldn't release it back to the wild, made it an ambassador for his species, visiting schools with her to teach children about island wildlife and the importance of conservation.
Qg4L TIL Lichens and cyanobacteria would be able to thrive on mars.
gMKVD TIL that, after the 1940 election, unsuccessful challenger Wendell Willkie gave FDR his full support, making wartime foreign trips as FDR's envoy & even discussing the possibility of forming a liberal third-party together after the war (which, unfortunately, neither would live to see the end of).
wLZY7 TIL - An 11 year old girl in Nova Scotia, when told she couldn't swim in her local river, initiated testing of the river for fecal contaminants. After the samples tested above allowable limits, three levels of government committed $15 million to install 600 septic tanks along the river.
epxbE TIL of Herxheim, a mass grave/ritual center dating back to ~5000 BC. It is estimated that >1000 individuals were cannibalized at this site as ritual sacrifices.