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TIL Sean Connery was once stopped for speeding by an officer named Sergeant James Bond

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0dRgR TIL that the Platypus appears to locate prey through a combination of electroreceptors (which sense electric fields) and mechanoreceptors (which sense pressure changes) located in their bill - they even close their eyes, ears, and nose while hunting.
kORD7 TIL the voice actor of Paarthurnax, the good dragon in Skyrim, is also the voice of Mario/Luigi/Wario/etc. since 1990
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gr6gD TIL moss grows in sloths' fur, and there's a moth species that only lives in sloth fur moss. Sloths make risky descents to defecate rather than defecating from the canopy so moths which lay eggs in their dung and make their moss more nutritious can live in their moss.
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