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TIL that there is a species of tarantula named after Johnny Cash called Aphonopelma johnnycashi

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KYNeJ TIL of Yoshie Shiratori, a Japanese man who successfully broke out of 4 different Japanese prisons (once using miso soup to corrode and break his cuffs). After his 4th escape, he encountered a police officer who offered him a cigarette. Touched by this gesture, he willingly turned himself in again.
gjd7 TIL Effiel tower has names of seventy-two French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians engraved in recognition of their contributions around its sides
0G0v TIL the Ironman was started by a debate between reps of a running team and swim team about who was more fit, then a third person said a cyclist from Belgium has the highest oxygen uptake ever measured in an athlete.
VEBm TIL Black individuals have been found to report the highest levels of self-esteem of any racial group in the United States
LQkXQ TIL that a 14 year old High Schooler debunked a college professors claim that “Irish Need Not Apply” job postings did not exist in the US.