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TIL Horseshoe Crabs are more closely related to scorpions and spiders than they are to true crabs

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gM89y TIL people who are highly intelligent have lower levels of satisfaction the more they socialize with friends
16vv8 TIL that the H. L. Hunley submarine was the first sub in recorded history to sink an enemy warship.
a8dmy TIL Bagheera kiplingi spider was discovered in the 1800s and is the only species of spider that has been classified as vegetarian.
QNvWE TIL that Pérez Prado's cover of the Neapolitan song 'Guaglione' became #2 hit in the UK in 1994, decades after its release, when Guinness used it in an advert.
GYy6E TIL of Gregor MacGregor, a 19th century conman who sold land in a fictional South American country and then sold tickets on a ship to the fictional country. 200 people arrived in the jungle of Nicaragua and most of them died soon after