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TIL Vanilla is Currently the Most Expensive Spice in the World

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oB8w7 TIL that "daddy longlegs" are actually NOT the most venomous spider on earth. In fact they are neither venomous nor spiders.
MKab TIL LSD Therapy for Alcoholism has an almost 60% Success Rate
yQGjw TIL that people used to gather around paintings at well-to-do parties identifying hard-to-spot things for fun, a game that was essentially I Spy but for the wealthy and educated.
YpxjP TIL that Quakes (as in Earthquakes) don't only happen on Earth. There are Moonquakes, Venusquakes and Starquakes, which happen on neutron stars. One such starquake happened on a star 50000 Light Years away and would have been a 32 on the Richter Scale.
mxP1Y TIL of John Monash, an Australian WWI general who was so good at organising battles and overseeing the wellbeing of his troops, that during the Battle of Hamel in 1918, he managed to arrange the delivery of hot meals to troops, even up to the front line.