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TIL 107 million spiders invaded a factory and covered every surface with heavy sheets of web.

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DVLD TIL in WWII the Germans used “anti-officer crooked picture bombs”: They left paintings on the wall, skewed to the side and rigged to explode when straightened.
78D1r TIL there is an agency in the Federal Government of the United States called the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. They investigate manufacturing accidents that result in the release of hazardous materials and then make detailed animations about the accidents as learning tools.
YpD7v TIL a porn company spent $8,000,000 producing a porno parody of Pirates of the Caribbean
VlQ4 TIL 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that is 1 mile thick
Rmxl TIL that England, France, and Scotland all used to assess a ‘window tax’. Tax assessors would count the number of windows on a home or apartment and charge for every window on the assumption that the more windows you had, the bigger your home, and the more money you could afford to pay.