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TIL The animal phylum "Echidnoderm" meaning "spiny skin" has nothing to do with the animal named Echidna and instead includes animals such as urchin and starfish.

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XEAM6 TIL an episode of the kids show Peppa Pig that claims spiders are friendly and won't hurt you has been pulled from the air in Australia multiple times. It's considered too dangerous a message to teach to Australian children.
x6V9o TIL spray cooking oils aren't really zero calories. The label is the result of a rule which allows food companies to label it "zero" if the serving size is small enough. (In this case, a 1/3rd of a second spray is a serving size) - Above this limit, the product has calories like regular oils.
Y71pv TIL that the color Purple was never used to represent a Kingdom or country before the 20th Century. It was because until the 1800s, purple dye was worth more than its weight in gold.
EgZ7d TIL Jimmy Webb wrote the classic song 'Highwayman' after a hard night of drinking with Harry Nilsson he passed out and had a hyper realistic dream about riding horse back with pistols and being chased and shot at by the police. He woke up drenched in sweat and immediately wrote the song
jN8pj TIL wilhelm screen has been used in many Disney movies as an in-joke including toy story