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TIL snails and slugs shoot arrow-like "love darts" during mating, often impaling each other.

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D0NV TIL - The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name - the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
VXWZ TIL that Clint Eastwood, who has been on horseback in many of his movies, had a mid-life allergy to horses.
PYjLV TIL: About the Nazi's Lebensborn program which served to raised racially pure Aryan babies. They also kidnapped "perfect" babies from foreign nations and even dyed the hair of some of them. A famous Lebensborn baby eventually became a member of ABBA.
gMxPb TIL that the Panama Canal is 85 feet ABOVE sea level and uses new Locks to conserve water.
JlDV TIL Horses can have pet goats. They love their goats so much that they will mourn if they are separated.