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TIL there is a Spider in the Amazon that builds little picket fences around its egg pouches to protect them

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aw9do TIL Hermit Crabs line up in a orderly fashion on the beach, smallest to biggest to exchange shells
ZgwR TIL that after the “Miracle on the Hudson”, where an Airbus A320 ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese, the US Department of Agriculture and Wildlife services gassed 1,235 Canadian Geese and coated 1,739 of their eggs in corn oil to suffocate the offspring.
o557 TIL In 1998, Sony accidently sold camcorders that could see through people’s clothes
LQBL9 TIL suicides nationally climbed by 10% after Robin Williams' death; researchers established a clear parallel between the increase and sensationalized coverage/headlines about his death that breached CDC guidelines, focused on the way of death.
xl4g TIL the 1904 Olympic marathon ‘winner’ cheated by using a car, the second place finisher drank brandy mixed with rat poison, another athlete was chased off course by dogs, and another ate a rotten apple during the run.