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TIL that black widow bites have a ~1% death rate according to NIH in a case study of roughly 24.5k people who were bitten

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GYNG4 TIL that about 90-95% of infants in films are played by twins or triplets, due to child labour laws that restrict how long they can be on set.
m15oo TIL the song Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and the USC marching band is the only song that features a marching band to ever make the top ten of the US billboards top 100 songs.
e8G6 TIL Costco hasn’t changed the price of its $1.50 hot dog/soda combo since the mid-1980s.
oBAp7 TIL - German saboteurs blew up a 15 tons of gunpowder on a barge in Seattle, 1915.
l5nV TIL George Washington and Samuel Adams, both considered to be leaders of the American Revolution, refused to join a political party because they believed the idea would divide Congress. They’re instead only identified as Whigs, a common name for those supporting independence.