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TIL that there exists a biologically immortal animal called "immortal jellyfish"

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yVeYp TIL about the Association of German National Jews, a German Jewish organization during Nazi Germany that came out in support of Hitler. However, the group was rwjected by Nazis, deemed illegal & members were sent to concentration camps.
6WW7 TIL that a man lived one year following the rules of the bible literally, in part out of concern with the rise of religious fundamentalism.