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TIL about the Alien Butt Spider, which sounds horrifying but is actually quite cute

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JAml TIL that Mormons receive a “new name” in their temples which they must “never reveal, except at a certain place,” that nearly 2000 new names have been submitted to a website, and that the new name is apparently currently determined by simply which day of the month the person receives it.
pYDDA TIL that actor Lance Henriksen (Aliens/Terminator) also makes and sells pottery.
4XEba TIL Badass of the Week: Lachhiman Gurung -- After a grenade exploded in his right hand Gurung was left bleeding, partially blinded and one armed. Then he grabbed his rifle, chambered a round, and shouted, "Now come and fight a Gurkha!". Killed 31 Japanese soldiers in 4 hours that night.
vP58 TIL during the 1700s in Germany, those wanting to commit suicide but avoid the sin of it found a loophole; they murdered children, turned themselves in, then prayed for forgiveness right before execution
0wOgM TIL in 2019 researchers studied DNA samples from Loch Ness and ruled out the presence of the large animals that are commonly said to have been behind the monster sightings. However, the researchers did not discount the possibility that the sighted animal was a big eel.