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TIL that Crossfire on CNN was cancelled shortly after Jon Stewart exposed them when he was invited as a guest.

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MeGDb TIL that spiders can fly through still air for miles using earth's electric fields. The process is initiated by "Trichobothria", a particular kind of hair growing amidst many others on spider's bodies.
6N9m TIL an 11 year old girl was killed during therapy, crushed to death in an attempt to re-stimulate birth
kJGGd TIL That Termites Can Produce Hydrogen
J1PJk TIL a large percentage of the drugs smuggled across the US border are smuggled by addicted people or others in financial hardship, who are paid little but need the money to sustain their lives. Some carry fentanyl pills inside their body that can easily kill them if accidentally absorbed.
xVlY7 TIL a child is 16 times safer riding to school in a school bus than in a family vehicle