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TIL recent research argues that fear of spiders has cultural rather biological origins, is predominantly found in Western societies, and comes from an association between spiders and illness that started in the 10th century when the spider was blamed for the devastating epidemics that struck Europe.

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ejRL TIL that NASA has one Hubble Telescope pointed at space. The CIA has 15 of them pointed at Earth.
Dp1g TIL the “X” in “Weapon X”, often used to refer to Wolverine during the time he was being experimented on, is actually the roman numeral for 10. The Weapon X project also produced Sabertooth and Deadpool, and Weapon I produced Captain America.
M7YNa TIL nacreous clouds, also known as polar stratospheric clouds, are often visible in polar regions during winter. These rare clouds form at high altitudes in the stratosphere, about 15 - 25 km above the Earth, their stunning colors are caused by the diffraction of sunlight through tiny ice crystals.
JYG84 TIL George Lucas shifted his interests from cars to film after he crashed his tiny yellow Autobianchi Bianchina and had to be hospitalized for four months
RdJ7 TIL- To avoid making Yoda appear toy like due to his small stature, the makeup designers based his face off Albert Einsteins to give a sense of wisdom and respectability.