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TIL there is a jellyfish whose sting causes feelings of impending doom

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Nk61 TIL Steve Jobs has no public record of giving to charity
v1el8 TIL that Andrew Jackson’s parrot cursed so loudly and for so long during the former president’s funeral that the wicked bird had to be removed from the service as shocked mourners watched.
Ype9G TIL: Opossums are responsible for keeping us safe from ticks.
nyD9 TIL that Disney almost made a Toy Story 3 without Pixar’s involvement. The story involved Buzz Lightyear toys being recalled for manufacturing defects and being shipped off to Taiwan. The film was almost in production stages before being scrapped by Pixar.
lro7 TIL a noted fetish artist lived with “Spider-Man” co-creator Steve Ditko, and once said “I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands.”