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TIL that a radioactive spider bite contains the same amount of radiation as a banana (which which contains the radioactive isotope Potassium-40), and probably would not cause any mutations, let alone super-powers.

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v1Od7 TIL that the EU suppressed a 300-Page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales after spending 360,00 euro to have the study done.
ZLJ4 TIL that Sri Lanka and India were connected as recently as the 15th century by a chain of limestone shoals known as “Adam’s Bridge”
bRgN TIL The last words from the Challenger Space Shuttle before it exploded were “Uh oh.”
xVn50 TIL that none of the actors portraying the Jamaican bobsled team in the movie ‘Cool Runnings’ were originally from Jamaica! ????????
v1PYj TIL a monkey named Naruto sued over copyright of a selfie he had taken. The case made it to the appeals court and was eventually settled out of court.