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TIL There have been no deaths in Australia from a spider bite since 1979

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pKN4 TIL there is a dinosaur heavy metal band in Finland that is incredibly popular with children.
ZEPG TIL There have been lawsuits against God. One suit, filed by State Senator Ernie Chambers in 2008, was eventually thrown out because the “Almighty was not properly served due to his unlisted home address”
16vP4 TIL that members of Congress receive annual allowances of $3.7M for senators and $1.4M for representatives, in addition to their salaries
Mmb TIL 35% of the population is born without wisdom teeth, because we don’t need them anymore.
N7DbN TIL that the larger Pacific striped octopus is one of the only species of octopus that is not cannbalistic during mating, rather the two partners embrace each other intimately with their beaks and suckers, and they live in groups of up to 40 individuals unlike most other solitary species of octopus