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TIL young horseshoe crabs use their flap shaped gills called book gills to paddle through the water.

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yQOWv TIL An episode of Spongebob Squarepants in which Spongebob was fired from the Krusty Krab caused a huge amount of controversy and backlash due to its depiction of unemployment.
5V1eR TIL archaeologists working in a 2,500 y.o. Chinese cemetery unearthed charred incense burners and burnt stones that tested high for cannabinol, which is released when THC is burned. "Unlike many wild varieties, the cannabis smoked at the site [...] was pretty potent stuff."
LkxX0 TIL about a Legal Person. It may not be human being, it can be a non-human entity that is treated as a person for limited legal purposes. A legal persons can sue and be sued, own property, and enter into contracts.
4ygN TIL Nuclear Generated electricity, by far, kills fewer Humans per Megawatt than any other source, including solar and hydro.
7rkZ TIL James Joyce would pick fights in Paris, then hide and call Ernest Hemingway to beat the shit out of the guy.