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DQk0g TIL of Sacoglossa, a superorder of sea slugs that not only eat algae and then keep the chloroplasts to photosynthesise food with, but can also remove their own heads and continue to live; additionally one order (Juliidae) have opening and closing clam like shells instead of the usual snail shells.
kMG7 TIL Winston Churchill, whilst visiting the USA during the height of prohibition, got a doctor’s note prescribing him “unlimited alcohol” constituting a suggested minimum of 6 shots with dinner.
dMPQ TIL women find men with stubble most attractive
4Xdao TIL Mark Hamill only read for the role of Luke Skywalker after a recommendation from his close friend Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger)
wrd6 TIL During the Winter War, the Finns would prop up frozen Soviet soldiers to intimdate the troops