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TIL Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient Greece due to having antifungal and antiseptic properties.

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dV9r TIL a school board tried to ban To Kill a Mocking Bird. Harper Lee donated money so that members of the school board could enroll in the first grade and improve their literacy.
0dwZv TIL Several diseases and parasites can be transmitted by the various species of deer fly. These include anthrax, tularemia, equine infectious anemia, anaplasmosis, hog cholera, filariasis (including the Loa Loa worm), and Lyme disease.
d8P99 TIL In 1860, Lincoln became President without even being on the ballot in 10 states (of only 33 states in the Union): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
6EokQ TIL Black Sabbath has had 'at least 21' members since forming in 1968. Ozzy Osbourne lasted 11 years. Guitarist Tony Iommi has been the only consistent member for 52 years
ElR7 TIL there are fewer than 33,000 Venus flytraps living in the wild, and they’re all in North Carolina.