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TIL that the triangular thing in oujia board is called a planchette

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P1a5g TIL of a spider that presents from behind a tough, flat, circular shield resembling the cover of a manhole. The ravine trapdoor spider is the common name of a rare, oddly shaped North American spider. This spider looks as though the end of its abdomen, rear segment of the body, had been sliced off.
VB0A8 TIL that Johnny Cash was such a devout Christian, that in 1990, he recorded himself reading the entire New Testament Bible (NKJ Version). The entire recording has a running time of more than 19 hours.
9ZWB TIL: Men also have a hormonal cycle. Its a 24 hour cycle where testosterone is highest in the morning!
meZO TIL in the Siege of Eger (1552) against the Ottomans. The Hungarians stuffed a mill wheel with explosives and fuses that was rolled into the oncoming enemy and created absolute panic.
wXZE TIL that bullet-resistant glass can be designed to work one way and not the other