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

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nWrbo TIL that there are companies in the U.S. that will fly you in a helicopter so you can hunt feral hogs from the sky using belt-fed automatic machine guns.
0w9vR TIL That chickens are used to detect diseases that spread via mosquito. They don’t get ill from the diseases and don’t develop high enough levels of the diseases to spread them, but the we can still check for the diseases in their blood. They are also called ‘Sentinel Chickens.’
v1o57 Today I Learned that there are ten honorary Harlem Globetrotters, including Nelson Mandela, Whoopi Goldberg, and Pope John Paul II
wLjlE TIL that even though people say "pull out all the stops" to mean doing it extravagantly, it originates from the pipe organ. Stops (think of plugs) were put in the pipes to adjust volume. To really let her rip and be as loud as possible, one would pull out all the stops.
DQDWe TIL The number 1 not a prime number