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TIL The Phoneutria Nigriventer spider's venom can cause an erection that lasts for several hours

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awopL TIL that the oil and gas companies used to sponsor the media and the news would show their ads during the broadcast
wW4W TIL Pepsi became a military power in 1989 after Russia could not pay them in rubles. Russia paid with diesel submarines and a few ships instead.
yQxew TIL that US purchased Alaska for 2 cents per acre
GYO9G TIL attorney Richard Luthmann, a Game of Thrones fan, asked a court for a trial by combat with sword and shield, arguing it had never been outlawed in the U.S. and that historically, people with debt collection disputes would settle them by beating each other with a bat. The court was not persuaded.
KOgvG TIL "A rule of thumb is that if you see the tsunami, it is too late to outrun it. Even small tsunamis (for example, 6 feet in height) are associated with extremely strong currents, capable of knocking someone off their feet," writes United States Geological Survey (USGS).