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TIL: Spiders are often Omniverous, using their web to catch pollen, which can make up 25% of their diet.

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PvgG TIL that there is a disorder called “William’s Syndromes” in which one of its primary features is “pathological friendliness”
GYDvE TIL that McDonalds sued Irish fast food chain Supermac for trade mark infringement but failed and ended up losing their Big Mac trade mark as well because they were unable to prove that they had used the Big Mac trade mark in the EU.
VMP1Z TIL in 1935 "Happy Birthday to You" was copyrighted with a value of 5M making it illegal to sing. In 2016 a federal judge ruled that the copyright was not valid and the song had no other claim to copyright, placing it in the public domain, and making it free to sing for all.
e0vJg TIL that the Boston Bomber, the Unabomber, Terry Nichols and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán all are being held in the same prison
GAej7 TIL that for a couple of years in the twentieth century, Colorado, Mississippi and Texas celebrated Thanksgiving twice a year on the third and fourth Thursdays of November.