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TIL there is a sea slug that can eat algae and gain the ability to photosynthesize, so it never has to find food again for the rest of its life cycle.

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9BlX TIL in 1998, a woman disappeared while awaiting trial after she had drunkenly killed a woman in a fatal car crash. In 2013, she was arrested in Manitoba, Canada after bragging in a bar about having gotten away with the crime.
1gW TIL that Lofoten in Norway is north of the Arctic Circle. Yet because of the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude it is teeming with life and has the largest deep water coral reef in the word.
9wVN7 TIL that Pirates of the Caribbean as a franchise long predates the 2003 film. There are several amusement rides by that name in several different Disney parks, the first of which opened way back in 1967.
PYZ0J TIL Prince released an album with Dave Chapelle dressed him from his show on the cover.
ne9yP TIL about the origins of US whistleblower protections. In 1777, 10 soldiers reported their commanding officers for torture. Instead of branding the soldiers as traitors, the Founding Fathers passed a law protecting them and future whistleblowers.