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TIL That some species of anemone can swim to escape predators.

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WknBo TIL that Fort Ross, built on the coast of California just north of San Francisco, was the southernmost Russian settlement in colonial North America from 1812 to 1841.
YpWJA TIL In 1851 Chess grandmaster Adolf Anderssen won a game, later dubbed “The Immortal Game” on the 23rd move after sacrificing his Queen, both of his Rooks and one of his Bishops.
m1kMR TIL that German philosopher Reiner Schürmann, at first destined to be a Dominican priest, withdrew from priesthood paths after studying under Martin Heidegger, developed the concept of an "anarchy principle" toward being and acting meant to truly overcome metaphysics, and died of AIDS complications
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