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TIL sea cucumbers move and hunt in herds.

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gZn7 TIL that according to Welsh folklore, Corgis were the preferred mount of fairy warriors.
NXQwe TIL four barracks buildings on US Naval Base Coronado form the shape of a swastika. The shape was supposed to be remedied in the mid-2000s, but it remains in place today.
7rgp7 TIL an Australian man was working as a hairdresser when he had the idea to make 3D printed prosthetic limbs from recycled shampoo and conditioner bottles. Working with 38 salons in Queensland, he is now testing the limbs with two children who had no access to practical and inexpensive prosthetics.
4ZRb TIL that in pre-Christian Greek and Roman cultures, suicide was permitted, if not condoned, and often seen as an act of free will that could even be heroic.
P1N5e TIL Australian James Harrison learned that his blood contained a rare antibody capable of treating Rhesus disease, a condition causing miscarriages and infant deaths. Over six decades, Harrison's plasma donations are estimated to have saved over 2.4 million babies.