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TIL that a fossil of a spider with an erection exists

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rwVW TIL that two surgeons used a coat hanger, brandy, and a tube to operate on a collapsed lung during an airplane flight - and succeeded
KOn56 TIL that Bagpipes in electronic music with Indian influences is a thing!
ymgM TIL Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” has spent a total 923 weeks (17 years, 9 months) on the Billboard 200 chart, including a 741 week (14 years, 3 months) stint after being released. The second longest total time on the chart is 490 weeks.
4AA5 TIL Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, was the janitor for the school the band went to. He was allowed into the band because he was old enough to buy the band alcohol.
VM9gQ TIL Bhangmeter is the device used to measure yield of nuclear weapon.It is named after the hindi word for cannabis as a joke that only a person on drugs would believe the bhangmeter to work properly.