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TIL When food items are specifically labeled as vegan, people are less likely to select them, even though it is better for the planet and for their health

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AD16l TIL while the chloroplasts of nearly all known photosynthetic eukaryotes derive ultimately from the a single cyanobacterium taken in by a eukaryote a billion years ago, there are 3 species of amoeba which had taken on a cyanobacterium more recently and whose endosymbiont is called a chromatophore
WDMB TIL the Wachowskis Brothers (directors of the Matrix) have BOTH transitioned to female
E1BOV TIL the Leptodactylus Fallax Frogs of Montserrat are colloquially known as ‘Mountain Chickens’, because they taste like chicken.
pN0O TIL that a Japanese magazine illegally released the names of juveniles tried and convicted for the rape, torture, and murder of a 16 year old girl, saying that “human rights aren’t needed for brutes.”
P1Xpg TIL that the Hollywood sign was modified to read 'Hollyweed' after some pranksters added $50 of fabric to it in 1976.