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TIL: Some tarantulas will keep frogs as “pets” to protect their eggs from insects.

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neyKr TIL that Wrigley Juicy Fruit chewing gum has been around since 1893 and that its vague flavor actually is based on fruit.
R5wM4 TIL: Magnus Scheving (actor of Sportacus in Lazy Town) became national champion in aerobics based on a bet in his twenties. Scheving chose snooker for Fjölnir, and Fjölnir chose aerobics. Eventually, Scheving became a national champion in aerobics, and Fjölnir became a national champion in snooker"
064p TIL of George Raveling, Nike’s director of International Basketball, who currently holds the original typewritten copy of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech. MLK handed it to him when he stepped off the podium, and Raveling has kept it to this day and refuses to sell it.
woxe1 TIL that Microwaves generate heat, (not as popularly conceived (having a resonant frequency similar to water)), but instead, by matter doing it's best to magnetize itself.
eV0E TIL that Apple is not the worlds most valuable company. Saudi Aramco, a private company is worth at least double Apple’s amount, at least $1.2 Trillion