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TIL Spider-Man was molested by his elderly neighbor
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TIL Of the Columbus Egg. Columbus' egg refers to a discovery or amazing idea that seems simple or easy after the fact.
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TIL That the Chinese Segway rip off, 9Bot, used the money it got from selling the rip off to buy the original Segway company.
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TIL Dolphins seem to use toxic pufferfish to get high.
KOeKa
TIL that in 1874, the NY Herald published an article about a mass escape of wild animals from the zoo, concluding with "the story given above is a pure fabrication". Most readers overlooked the final paragraph, and it sparked a mass panic, with the NY Times editor leaving his house with two pistols
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TIL a species of vulture has been found to fly at 37,000 feet (almost 2 miles higher than Mt. Everest). This was discovered in 1973 when a jet struck a bird at cruising altitude and had to make an emergency landing.