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TIL there are Catholic Patron Saints for caterpillars, astronauts, hardware stores, invincible people, things that go BOOM, the fear of wasps, coffee houses, unattractive people, TV writers, taking exams, and the Internet

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ANwMB TIL that the 1954 film "On the Waterfront" was projected in three aspect ratios: 1.66:1, 1.85:1, and 1.33:1. This was because in 1953, Columbia was moving to the new widescreen format and said that all upcoming films, including On The Waterfront, would be suitable for projection in any aspect ratio.
b99GZ TIL of Christian Gerhartsreiter, In 1995 while using the assumed identity "Clark Rockefeller", of the famed Rockefeller family, he married a successful businesswoman with whom he had a daughter
1aLZO TIL recent research argues that fear of spiders has cultural rather biological origins, is predominantly found in Western societies, and comes from an association between spiders and illness that started in the 10th century when the spider was blamed for the devastating epidemics that struck Europe.
X0b46 TIL Ann Putnam, one of the Salem Witchcraft accusers, later publicly apologized to the victims' families for her role in the trials. Her apology was accepted by the son of Rebecca Nurse, one of the victims.
grNm9 TIL that humidifier disinfectants in South Korea caused 1,814 confirmed deaths and an estimated 18,000 total deaths, with 58% mortality in children and 53% in adults requiring lung transplants, before the chemicals were banned in 2011.