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TIL a female Goliath birdeater has a lifespan of 15-25 years

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d8EM9 TIL : Author HG Wells pretty much created the template for the modern day disaster movie with his 1897 short story "The Star". It tells of the Earths near miss with a meteor who's gravitational pull causes earthquakes, tidal waves, and the melting of the ice caps. Millions are killed.
wLLZ6 TIL that "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block" is the shortest academic article ever: it has no words
Od0e TIL that unpaid internships are illegal if the intern “displaces regular employees” or the employer “derives immediate advantage from the intern”.
Mo8V TIL out of the roughly 80 people in the world who have broken the 10 second barrier in the 100 meter sprint, only four of them are not of West African heritage and only one of them is white
QNQwM TIL Kathleen Turner accused Nicolas Cage of stealing a dog and drunk driving on the set of "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). Cage sued her for defamation and won. In exchange he received a public apology from Turner and admission from her publisher that her claims were false and defamatory.