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TIL There’s a tarantula that has a frog guarding its eggs in exchange for protection.

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epPrk TIL pretzels are supposed to look like someone praying
9Yr1m TIL about neutral Moresnet, an formerly independent village-nation between Germany and Belgium that continued to exist until 1920. At it's height, it housed 3500 citizens and the largest zinc-mine of Europe. The flag colors came from a mining company and it's citizens were considered stateless
4XaBa TIL in 2009, Dame Vera Lynn reached the top of the UK album charts with ‘We'll Meet Again’, a compilation to coincide with the 70-year anniversary of the declaration of World War II. This meant that the 92-year-old was the oldest living artist to make it to number one in UK chart history
bJla TIL the iconic march in “The Bridge On The River Kwai” was whistled because the WW2 lyrics “Hitler has only got one ball” were considered too vulgar.
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