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TIL that crabs have evolved independently at least five times

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p8GWp TIL that the makers of SPAM sued Jim Henson Productions for using the name "Spa'am" for a pig character. A judge dismissed the suit, and noted that "one might think Hormel (the maker) would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork."
YDMv TIL that, outside of Washington, D.C., a Virginia man built a castle to be fully defensible in the case of nuclear Armageddon. Built entirely by its owner, it has three heating systems and a maze of underground conduits, and it has been used as a meeting place for a group of self-professed vampires.
VMl44 TIL that for years, scientists didn't know what caused mysterious cave networks in South America. In 2010, they learned that the caves were actually tunnels dug by ancient giant sloths.
RbB8 TIL in 1998 we almost had HD VHS tapes, in the form of D-VHS which could hold up to 50gb.
4Xpy5 TIL that each year ancient Greeks had the option to pick a politician to exile for 10 years. They’d cast their vote with pieces of pottery called ‘ostraka’ - it’s where we get the word ostracise from.