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TIL that young Spotted Salamanders are the only vertebrates known to host algae inside their cells making them technically photosynthetic

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edL5 TIL to combat their population decline, a Danish travel agency ran commercials encouraging people to go on vacation and procreate. They provided an “Ovulation Discount” and offered a 3 year supply of diapers and a free trip if you conceived on the first trip.
WRl4 TIL Out of the 403 episodes of “The Joy of Painting” with Bob Ross, 91% of them contain at least one happy tree and 2% of them contain bridges.
NZv1 TIL that in the 1980’s, Darrell Hammond was set-up by police in the Bahamas by being given a cocaine-laced dollar bill and arrested for possession.
kJvnd TIL there are sound frequencies that can only be heard by teenagers and some stores use devices that emit these sounds to keep teenagers from loitering.
9wprX TIL since 2004 the residents of La California, a town in Italy, have held farcical ballots for the United States presidential elections. Although votes cast by La California residents do not count, they still send the result of each election to the nearby US consulate in Florence