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TIL that sponges can reproduce sexually. They can also reproduce asexually but I still find this weird.

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9kXX TIL that the American government has covertly overthrown many democratically elected leaders around the world.
69BJ8 TIL about General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who supported democracy, human rights, legal limits on the CCP, and genuine efforts to repair Japanese relations. His death was one of the causes of the Tiananmen Square protests and was only rehabilitated by the party in 2015
QJKdL TIL That the famous deaf-blind writer Hellen Keller received a gift from a Japanese police officer who gave her an Akita dog named Kamikaze-Go as a present. After the dog's death Japan’s government gifted another Akita, making her the first person to bring the dog breed to the U.S. In 1948
8KrV TIL that in Finland, nine out of ten plastic soft drink bottles are returned for re-use. Almost one hundred percent of all glass bottles are recycled – more than anywhere else in the world.
0xr1 TIL in the 1970s after Boeing fired 63,000 employees in Seattle alone, someone put up this billboard: “Will the last person leaving Seattle - Turn out the lights.”