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TIL that one of the symptoms of a Brazilian Wandering spider's bite is an incredibly painful erection that lasts for hours

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xpw0 TIL, the newly elected Pope Francis’ response to the cardinals who elected him was “may God forgive you for what you have done”.
wnKE TIL Game of thrones revceives money from the Irish Government to keep airing because their innitial investment of 9 million pounds returned 65 million pounds through GOT related tourism.
VWmB TIL the word vaccine comes from the Latin root “vacca,” meaning cow. This is due to the discovery that smallpox could be prevented by inoculating patients with the much less severe cowpox virus.
l77EG TIL Babe Ruth spent his youth in a reformatory school called St. Mary's until age 19 (circa 1913) when he got a job at the school paying $100 per month, which is over $2900 per month adjusted for inflation
MeonA TIL that the Euthanasia Coaster is a hypothetical steel roller coaster designed to kill its passengers "with elegance and euphoria"