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TIL that Spider fighting in the Philippines is extremely popular with the youth, its like a form of high stakes pokemon.

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rR5je TIL that, in 1838, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story in which four shipwreck survivors were forced to eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker. 46 years later, the situation was mirrored uncannily in real life, as four shipwreck survivors were forced to eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker.
nkOW TIL there is a web-based business that will anonymously send animal feces to a person of your choosing
ejYL TIL that Labrador Retriever service dog pulled his disabled owner into the recovery position after he was struck unconscious, then covered him with a blanket. Retrieved his mobile phone and pushed it against his face, and only left his owner to fetch help once he had regained consciousness.
0wNQM TIL 38% of the US is north of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
X064k TIL that when Sebastian Shaw arrived at the set of Return of the Jedi, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). When McDiarmid asked Shaw what he was doing there, Shaw responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." Shaw was the face of Darth Vader.