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TIL the leaf sheep sea slug can perform photosynthesis by eating algae and absorbing the chloroplasts

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5Yp8R TIL that in 1984, Disney was almost bought by MCA, the then-parent company of Universal, with the deal only falling through because of Disney’s insistence that Ron Miller, the Disney CEO at the time, be MCA president.
neKXY TIL there are no snakes in Hawaii, but Hawaii imported sterilized male snakes for training border guard dogs to find snakes in luggage.
xVemD TIL of the French Paradox, the low rate of French heart disease despite a diet rich in fat and alcohol
vdkR TIL that Sixth-grader has won $70,000 settlement after school demanded her Facebook password
9LdQ TIL Canada’s elite special forces unit JTF2 once earned a US presidential unit citation whilst serving with Task Force K-Bar. Vice admiral Robert Harward, a US Navy SEAL in charge of the task force also stated that the JTF2 team under his command was his first choice for any direct action.