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TIL The reason why spiders legs curl up is because a spider uses hydraulic pressure to push liquid into its legs that allow it to move, and when it dies the liquid drains out making the legs curl up

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6Ewxw TIL the Atakapa people in SW Louisiana survived hurricanes by tying themselves up to live oak trees using grape and rattan vines. In 1830, the Atakapa begged a colonist to tie himself and his family high in a live oak tree for their safety; they refused and he and his family drowned.
R7KNj TIL it took over 15 years for hip hop aficionados to determine who Mobb Deep sampled on their breakout hit "Shook Ones Part II."
OXM1 TIL an Alabama school tried to ban ‘The Diary of A Young Girl’ by Anne Frank in 1983 because, according to the board’s records, it was “a real downer.”
KY016 TIL there is a wasp called "Gasteruption jaculator"
BAVr TIL in 1152 while leading the defense for Newbury Castle, John Marshal was told to surrender immediately or his child would be hanged. John replied that he should go ahead saying, “I still have the hammer and the anvil with which to forge still more and better sons!”