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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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XEjgr TIL that there is a monument in Estonia honoring Estonians who served in the Nazi German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS
KOO96 TIL In 1995, artists Christo and Jean-Claude wrapped Berlin's Reichstag Building in aluminum colored fabric!
X0VKX TIL On May 7th, 1952, Geoffrey W.A. Dummer first published the concept of the integrated circuit. This breakthrough allowed complex electronic circuits to be built on a single chip, becoming the foundation for modern computers, smartphones, laptops, and countless other electronic devices.
d8rr8 TIL The Bee Gees were going to lip sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema, but as they were running to the theatre, the fragile shellac 78-RPM record broke. The brothers had to sing live and received such a positive response from the audience that they decided to pursue a singing career.
R50rQ TIL During the Spanish civil war, supplies were airdropped to the siege of Santuario de Nuestra Senora de la Cabeza by attaching the supplies to live turkeys.