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TIL that Hydras, tiny freshwater animals, have to rip their own skin apart just to open their mouth

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691nw TIL that In 2017, a team of geologists from New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Australia concluded that Zealandia is a submerged continent, not a microcontinent or continental fragment. The continent's large size and isolation from Australia support its definition as a continent.
pd48 TIL that there was a Christian movement in the 12th-14th centuries that believed that the God from the Old testament was in fact Satan.
VB5e4 TIL Sweden had a nuclear weapons research program and could have tested their own bomb.
4kbRb TIL that a nuclear worker in Japan was exposed to 17 Sieverts of radiation (twice the amount that should kill a person). He was kept alive for 83 days, suffering serious radiation burns to his body, severe organ failure, and an almost zero white blood cell count.
m1Evx TIL of the "Freezer Bowl", the coldest NFL game in history between the Cincinnati Bengals and the visiting San Diego Chargers. The wind was nearly 30 MPH, the official temperature was -9°F, and the wind chill factor put the temp at -59°. The Bengals won and went to the Super Bowl