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TIL the bite of the Brazilian Wandering Spider causes a penile erection that can last for several hours

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vPdoB TIL about Lauri Törni who fought for the Finnish Army during the Winter War and Continuation War, fought for Germany during WWII, and fought for the US during Vietnam War, where he was killed. He is the only known Waffen-SS to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
8eL6K TIL The Birds (Spring/Summer 1995) is the fifth collection by British designer Alexander McQueen for his eponymous fashion house. The Birds was inspired by ornithology, the study of birds, and the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, for which it was named
87RZ TIL there is a group of people in northern California and southern Oregon who wish to secede from their states and create a 51st state, to be called Jefferson.
QNBop TIL that all the nicotine gum I've been chewing for productivity is made from plastic... Mints and pouches screw my gums, HELP does anyone know any non-plastic nicotine gums? I only see one but it has some nicotine equivalent I haven't heard of. Looking for advice!
Dv1p TIL that Christopher Columbus was never painted. Therefore, every image that we have of him is a fake and only an assumption of what we think he looked like.