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TIL spiders can produce “milk” for their offspring

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YpbYP TIL: 13 nations in Europe have Blasphemy laws with punishments ranging from fines to imprisonment.
Oymg TIL that in 2014, only 10 vehicles can be considered “American made.” Only three of those are made by American companies, the rest are Toyota and Honda.
GYEV4 TIL an albatross can fly for 10,000 miles without landing, and is the only extant bird that can reach those numbers
VyMp TIL more than 300 people died in a supermarket fire because the owners shut the doors in order to prevent people from fleeing with merchandise without paying for it.
kJx1 TIL in 2009 a five-year-old girl who spent her entire life locked in a room with cats and dogs, and no heat, water, or sewage system was found. She could not speak Russian, would jump at the door and bark as caretakers left, and had “clear attributes of an animal”.