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TIL there exists a less venomous, invasive Brown Widow Spider that is slowly replacing the Black Widow

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mxXeO TIL that many casinos try to avoid making you ever have to turn in a right angle by design, as such a hard turn forces people to call upon the decision-making parts of their brain; something that casinos naturally want to avoid.
9w6OM TIL that the Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters: A, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, U, W, and ʻokina, which represents a glottal stop.
m1BM TIL A younger vision of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” will be presented in Geneva with the suggestion that it is the original version of what has been called the world’s most famous painting.
RJOQ TIL that Tarrare, a French soldier with polyphagia, consumed vast amounts of food and objects, including live animals, without every feeling full or gaining weight. His case is still considered a medical mystery.
Z8Y5v TIL It is legal in in 45 US states for doctors and medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious women for medical training, without explicit consent. This may also be done during consented medical procedures that are unrelated to gynecology.