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TIL King crabs are genetically closer to spiders than to crabs

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ANxrx TIL: Today I learned that 2x4 wood is actually called 4x2 in some countries (such as UK).
QNZb9 TIL the first reference of the phrase 'May the fourth be with you' being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
e0nED TIL that "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) was rejected at first by CBS: they didn't like that amateur children were doing the voices, they didn't like the "anti-consumerism" theme of the plot -- and they didn't like the music.
9YnDB TIL that the first letters of the episode titles for season one of The Owl House spell out, "A WITCH LOSES A TRUE WAY".
eoeL TIL there were two undercover agents so convincing the mob offered them “made man” status. Joaquin Garcia aka Jack Falcone, and Joseph Pistone aka Donnie Brasco.