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TIL that "Dumpster" is actually a brand name and that the generic name for the waste container is "skip" or "skip bin"

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9w7PB TIL of Drosophila bifurca, the record-holder for the longest sperm cells in nature (20x its body-length)
M7NeW TIL about Coarsegold, California which holds an annual Tarantula Festival to coincide with Tarantula mating season. The festival includes tarantula racing, a competition for the hairiest legs of both men and women, and a pumpkin dessert contest.
JYeDl TIL the 1984 movie Gremlins first wanted to use monkeys but they proved unreliable. Even the puppets became so infuriating the crew created a list entitled, "Horrible Things to do to Gizmo". Consequently, to satisfy the crew, a scene was included where the gremlins hang Gizmo and throw darts at him.
Wkd5d TIL JFK’s senior thesis, which defends Britain’s pre-WWII actions, actions JFK’s father, Ambassador to Britain at the time, supported, sold 80000 copies. Political theorist Harold Laski declined writing a foreword, stating the book was immature and only being published because of the writer's father
nWXmW TIL researchers at a base in Antarctica started to develop a new accent