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TIL Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity rates

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ZpMGp TIL of the museum infested with the Chilean Recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta), widely considered to be the most venomous of its kind. The museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, is located in Helsinki & no one is sure how the spider, native to South & Central America, came into the museum.
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