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TIL that funnel web spider venom doesn't harm most non-primate mammals

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nWK5o TIL about skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren't functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk 'save' icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
696Em TIL the planet Neptune isn't deep blue, and looks closer in color to Uranus; the correct shades of the planets have been confirmed in a study published in September 2023
p8YLe TIL when men don't masturbate for 7 days their testosterone levels increase by 45.7%.
Je4v TIL that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has sex 3 times every day and his owners charge a $200,000 fee per impregnation, generating about $30,000,000 a year annually.
W4yo TIL that in 1912 criminologist Arthurt MacDonald suggested making it a misdemeanor to name assassins publicly, stating that “This would lessen the hope for glory, renown or notoriety, which is a great incentive to such crimes.”