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TIL there is species of spider named Aptostichus barackobamai, more commonly referred to as the "Barack Obama trapdoor spider"

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9YElM TIL: Beethoven was the composer of Fidelio. Fidelio was not only the secret word in Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, but it was also the name used in Beethoven’s only opera—(a wife who dressed as the man Fidelio).
xVmrB TIL about Mir Osman Ali Khan, the fifth richest man in the history of mankind - donated 5tons gold to National Defence Funds of India and was using the Jacob Diamond as a paperweight.
p8r14 TIL That only 3 people have died in space. Russian astronauts: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov were all killed at the same time due to an undocking malfunction in 1971. Whilst there have been fatalities during take-off and re-entry, those 3 are the only to die IN space.
NMAM TIL The elevators in the San Francisco Federal Building only stop at every third floor as it was decided federal employees need the exercise.
xMm1 TIL Ball’s Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world.