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TIL: There's a specie of Octopus that's so cute scientist considered naming it Adorabilis

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kJ5e TIL The U.S. briefly banned sliced bread in 1943
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rJaM TIL Brazil tried to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay, but the auction was removed from the website under rules preventing the sale of military ordnance
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