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TIL The chances of us eating even one spider in our sleep throughout our lifetime is close to 0%

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awkJM TIL that opposite of good is not evil. Rather, good is the 'mean' between two evils. One of excess and another that of a deficit. Courage for instance is the mean between excess of rashness and a deficit of cowardice. Its a brilliant idea that alters how you look at right and wrong
oR1YY TIL Sperm Whales consume roughly twice as much seafood as all of humanity combined per year. With Sperm Whales (the largest toothed predators) consuming roughly 300 million tonnes per year and humans consuming about 160 million tonnes. (Further sources in comments)
RBel TIL that trains in Japan are so punctual that delays of as little as five minutes will lead to issuance of a ‘delay certificate’ for passengers affected by lateness, who can then produce it to their superiors at school or work and is considered as a valid reason for reporting late.
RXL7 TIL that an analysis of over 1300 Oscar acceptance speeches showed that Steven Spielberg was thanked more often than God!
Lky5Q TIL about Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist who thought up the theory of evolution by natural selection. After recording his expedition findings in the mid 1800’s, Wallace sent his work to his confidant Charles Darwin for a second opinion. Their first paper was a joint effort.