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TIL about Coarsegold, California which holds an annual Tarantula Festival to coincide with Tarantula mating season. The festival includes tarantula racing, a competition for the hairiest legs of both men and women, and a pumpkin dessert contest.

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rNXQw TIL that the world record for the longest cutscene in gaming history is the epilouge cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 4 with a length of 71 minutes. Second place is the pre-final battle cutscene for the game Star Ocean: The Last Hope with a length of 46 minutes.
19XX TIL Penal colony of Australia had its own penal colony on Tasmania for people who reoffended after being sent there
5VQjQ TIL the word dumpster wasn't added to the Scrabble dictionary until 2022 due to it being a trademark before.
7AX TIL in 1983 an Israeli pilot sucessfully landed an F-15 with only one wing. In fact he didn’t realize the extent of the damage until after landing, and stated he would have ejected had he known.
VG1m TIL research suggests that one giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50 million cars, while the top 15 largest container ships together may be emitting as much pollution as all 760 million cars on earth.