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TIL that “cob” in “cobweb” is actually an old and forgotten English word for “spiders”

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OMg6 TIL That Hot vents at the ocean Sea bed heat the water up to 400°C and the pressure of the water above stops it from boiling.
YDNd TIL that several schools in Utah banned students from wearing the phrases “Drug Free” and “Stay sober” due to a violent straight edge subculture.
rR6de TIL 26 states in the U.S. do not require employers to provide meal or rest breaks to their employees.
PYYPL TIL that of the 40,000 penguin chicks born in a colony in Antarctica this season, only 2 survived.
ejYg TIL There’s a prison in Finland where the only thing keeping the inmates in is a yellow picket fence