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TIL the Brown Recluse Spider is immune to Insecticides. Instead it causes them to become drunk and actually increases their likelihood of biting someone in their stupor.

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AD1ex TIL in West Papua, Indonesia, remote tribal groups still engage in combat with one another using bows and arrows.
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