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TIL some states are split into multiple timezones

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Mexe8 TIL the "big fat phony" guy from Family Guy is credited as "Holden Caulfield", Protagonist of Catcher in the Rye who often accuses people of being "phony".
VMEp0 TIL the funnel-web spiders venom is extremely toxic to primates, but mostly harmless to many other animals. There are no primates in Australia, apart from humans.
b9pO4 TIL Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing macaroni and cheese to America, after encountering the pasta on a trip to Paris
N7546 TIL about serial killer/rapist Pedro Lopez, aka "The Monster Of The Andes"; who was convicted of murdering 110 young girls. He was released from a Colombian psychiatric ward on $50 bail in 1998. His whereabouts are unknown.
4krEb TIL that explore.org has a bunch of live animal streams & more around the world