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TIL that American volunteers fighting in other nations armed forces in WW2 lost their citizenship and changed their nationality to Canadian. Congress eventually passed a blanked pardon in 1944.

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oByM8 TIL Stomphia coccinea is a small reddish or pinkish sea anemone that has the remarkable ability to detach itself and swim away from predators when necessary. When a starfish's sensory organs touch this sea anemone, it rocks back and forth prying itself from its anchorage and escapes: see video below
XEA8r TIL Chris Pratt is one of the actors with most Lego figures of his characters in history, thanks to The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World
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