When Anglerfish mate, they melt into each other and share their bodies forever. If a male finds a female, he latches on and fuses to her, losing his internal organs until they share a bloodstream.
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When Anglerfish mate, they melt into each other and share their bodies forever. If a male finds a female, he latches on and fuses to her, losing his internal organs until they share a bloodstream.
There are single-celled organisms that can grow up to four inches in diameter at the bottom of the world’s oceans.
One of the Popes was a 100% accident. In the Middle Ages, cardinals would often vote for a random candidate on the first papal ballot in order to see how the other cardinals were leaning, but in 1334 this backfired when they all voted for the same person: the very surprised Pope Benedict XII.
When That 70s Show started, the directors required all actors to be 18 or older. Mila Kunis, 14 at the time, told the casting directors she would be 18 but did not say when. Ashton Kutcher, Kunis’ boyfriend in the show, was 20 years old at that time.
1296 - Earl Floris V signs accord with French King
1317 - Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France
1793 - Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery
1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1908 - Muir Woods National Monument, California, established
1991 - Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
1829 - Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste)
1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie)
1941 - Gilles Vaillancourt, Quebec politician
1972 - Angie Martinez, American radio and television personality
1982 - Kate Middleton, Reading, England, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William
1282 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)
1598 - Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)
1849 - Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83
1902 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66
1978 - Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
2009 - T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)