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TIL nobody's done the intricate calculations to find the average distance between a human and a spider.

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kO1Yd TIL that 90% of people with the last name “Washington” are black according to the 2000 US census. Of the remaining ten percent, 50% are white, and 30% are mixed race.
R7On4 TIL on September 13, 1978, the four members of KISS each released solo albums, with Ace Frehley having the most successful album as well as the most successful song with "New York Groove"
ZpKpG TIL in 1804, a Haitian force comprised mostly of former slaves went house-to-house torturing and killing most of the remaining European population. Between 3,000 and 5,000 were killed.
J0vm TIL the Resistance in Amsterdam attacked the population register, which identified religilous belief, with a fire bomb in 1943 to stop the Nazis using it for their extermination program. Fire fighters took as much time as possible to arrive and drowned unburnt parts in water, destroying even more.
n5QW TIL in South Korea, children under 17 are blocked from playing online games past midnight which is monitored by their KSSN (Korean Social Security Number).