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TIL starfish (and relatives) are hydraulic and push pressurized water around inside their bodies to control their "feet"/move around

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1ZAX TIL a new variation of chess, called Marahajah, in which the black army has all it’s pieces while the white army has only it’s queen (the marahajah) which can move as a knight and a queen.
8ryP TIL that a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in Bhopal, India in 1984 killed thousands of people n the surrounding town overnight and is considered the world’s worst industrial disaster
x0JB TIL the company behind ITT Tech was once one of the biggest conglomerates on Earth. They grossed $8 Billion in 1970, were heavily involved in the Brazilian and Chilean coupes, and were recently fined $100 Million for violations of the Arms Export Control Act.
4keaw TIL that when wearing a garter belt with the little suspenders to hold your stockings, that your panties are supposed to be worn over the garter set and not under as you see so often.
jgvn TIL that there s a large-ish group of people who call themselves Otherkin who self-identify as animals, real or fictional, and even inanimate objects apparently.