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TIL there is a Marvel Comics character named Spider-Bitch

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wL1E6 TIL Iceland is one of the few countries that is mosquito-free despite having 1600 species of dryland animals. However, in 1980 a professor of the University of Iceland found a mosquito on a plane and it is now kept in a jar at the Icelandic Institute of National History.
yagV TIL Qatar is the only country that begins with a Q and Iraq is the only country that ends with one
bWMj TIL one of the decisive factors in ending the war in Vietnam was a widespread mutiny of US troops.
wLmL6 TIL that in 1983, a mexican electrician inadvertently spilled thousands of cobalt 60 pellets in Ciudad Juarez, which eventually made their way into two foundries and contaminated 3,000 tons of steel, causing one of the worst nuclear accidents in north american history.
8e698 TIL that in 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money, and the prizes were live babies.