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TIL about Ahimsa silk (or peace silk) which uses a nonviolent methods to breed and harvest silk worms where the pupa is allowed to hatch and the leftover cocoon is used.

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rRkxM TIL the eight-spotted crab spider (Platythomisus octomaculatus) is one of the most unnatural-looking spiders around with it highly contrasting black dots on bright yellow abdomen. It was found in a forest preserve in Singapore in 1924, and it is among the largest crab spiders at one inch in length.
loK8r TIL while Taylor Swift made $2.4 million through music streaming in 2018, she made $266 million in touring revenue that same year.
WeV8 TIL Keiko, the orca who starred in Free Willy was released in the wild in July of 2002 after being in captivity for 23 years. A few weeks after his release, he showed up at a Norwegian fjord in hopes of seeking human contact and would even give children rides on his back.
e7Rn TIL that Martin Luther King Jr’s grandmother died of a fatal heart attack that she suffered while MLK was supposed to be looking after her, but was instead watching a local parade. Feeling guilt that it was his fault, he attempted suicide by jumping out a second story window.
R79nl TIL Masayoshi Son, the 2nd richest man in Japan, holds the distinction of losing the most money in history. He lost approximately $70 BILLION in the dot-com bust of 2000.