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TIL that the Portuguese Man O’ War jellyfish is not a single creature, but actually a colony of interconnected specialized organisms functioning in unison, which are themselves incapable of independent survival

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b9LDN TIL: Zoot Suit Riots were a series of anti-Mexican youth riots in Los Angeles that happened in 1943. The suits worn were seen as unpatriotic because of the amount of fabric used, and later became prohibited during the Second World War because of their wastefulness of cloth.
XE0br TIL In 2013, a Pizza Hut GM Stood Up and Refused to Force His Employees to Work Thanksgiving, Believing They Should Get to Spend Time With Family Instead.
d8wrE TIL that pepperoni isn't Italian... it's Italian-American. In fact, in Italy "peperoni" means bell peppers.
y0ZJ TIL Terminator 2: Judgement Day is the only movie sequel to win an Academy Award where the previous movie wasn’t even nominated.
PWmG TIL that Muzzammil Hassan, the founder of a TV network designed to combat negative stereotypes of Muslims, beheaded his wife because she filed for divorce