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TIL of Parakaryon myojinensis. A creature found only once near a hydrothermal vent south of japan, and is so unique that scientist can't agree if it's a prokaryote (bacteria, etc), an eukaryote (animals, plants, fungi, etc) or a new domain entirely.

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JY0Qv TIL that the United States coexisted with the Holy Roman Empire for thirty years until its dissolution in 1806.
GEg1 TIL the Japanese are working on developing technology to transmit electricity wirelessly. Their goal is to transmit energy from orbiting solar panels to Earth by 2030. They have successfully transmitted 10 kW of energy 500 meters away.
KO9VG TIL there is an very isolated island in the Pacific inhabited entirely by the descendants of a group of British sailors who mutinied against their captain in 1789, kidnapped a dozen Polynesian girls, and resolved to "run before the wind, and land upon the first island the ship drives."
xVlEk TIL Mosquitoes prefer O-type blood, people with high body heat, pregnant women and heavy breathers. Many of these reasons are because mosquitoes can sense carbon dioxide (CO2) from up to 100 feet away. Which is a reason why they circulate around our heads where we exhale CO2.
pDMG TIL: In the James Bond film/novel, ‘Casino Royale’, the name Vesper Lynd is a pun on “West Berlin”, signifying divided loyalties.