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TIL that the Oneida cutlery company is descended from a free love commune founded in 1858. Despite not using birth control, the community of 200 had only 12 unplanned births in 20 years.

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9wpM6 TIL about onna-musha, japanese female noble warriors. Dozens of famous ones are known by name, many of which led their own units or even armies. Battlefield excavations have shown that in some battles in the 16th century as many as 30% of the combattants were likely women.
lo65K TIL In 2016 Alberto Lopez stole about $5,000 working for the Bank of America. A warrant for his arrest was issued so he moved and kept avoiding the police. He was eventually caught when he went to a job interview as a dispatcher with the... Police Department.
4Yga TIL spiders can’t chew or swallow, so they inject poison into their prey which turns the insides of insect to a watery goop and spider just suck it up.
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xVadb TIL that Oliver North once gave the wrong bank account number, and accidentally transferred $10,000,000 to a Swiss business man. (1986)