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TIL King crabs are genetically closer to spiders than to crabs

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8e6VL TIL of Japanese Olympic athlete Shizo Kanakuri (金栗 四三), who held the world record for the longest marathon run of 54 years, 8 months, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3.seconds after collapsing during the race, returning home, and finishing it decades later in his 70s.
b95pa TIL In 1986, Double Dare filmed the first 65 episodes in just 23 days, sometimes 4 episodes per day.
D4Ne TIL The first woman in space was not Sally Ride, but Valentina Tereshkova
P11nG TIL that some Fish give birth through their mouths
pPaG TIL the reason airplane bathrooms still have ashtrays is because of an FAA decision that some people will still smoke on an airplane even though it’s not allowed, and when they do there needs to be a safe place to put their cigarette butt.