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TIL “Step on a crack…” originally ended with “and your mother will turn black.”

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OA6g TIL that there’s a phobia called “Panphobia” which is the fear of EVERYTHING. It is said to be caused by ‘a vague and persistent dread of some unknown evil".
LQWBr TIL that reindeer make a sound with ligaments snapping across bone in their legs that is believed to allow them to hear each other in foul weather and respond to threats.
4VK5 TIL a former South African rugby player went on an axe-murdering rampage in a revenge attack for the gang rape of his daughter, who contracted HIV as a result.
8ad0X TIL about Dylan Maxwell, an Australian man that had a spider removed from his stomach after it burrowed its way into his body and survived for three days before being removed.
gralb TIL that thousands of Graffiti inscriptions, with the earliest dating back to 1605 by the first Spanish Governor of New Mexico, have been carved into the El Morro National Monument in New Mexico.