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TIL That silver miners in the 1800s would discard their old work jeans in the mines. These jeans now can be sold for prices over $30,000, Levis going for the most! Many people have started hobbies going into the silver mines in hopes of finding them.

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dDVD7 TIL Males of some species deposit a "mating plug" to seal the vagina, ensuring their sperm's survival over those from other males. However, L. mariana spiders require secretions from both sexes to form the functional plug, allowing female spiders to choose the father of their offspring.
VGX4 TIL King James II banned golf and football because his archers spent so much time playing they started to suck at archery.
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1aaJX TIL that a teenage girl invented the genre of science fiction
e0b94 TIL that Richard Kiel, the seven-foot-tall actor who played Jaws in James Bond movies and video games, wrote a book about Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Clay