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TIL Sir Isaac Newton had a dog called “Diamond” who knocked over a candle and set fire to twenty years worth of his research.

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Ypg1P TIL Bo Jackson was drafted in the first round of the '86 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but refused to sign because he believed that they tried to sabotage his baseball career by purposefully making him ineligible for his senior season.
dDZxE TIL that some species of jumping spiders display twitching behaviours consistent with REM-like sleep, suggesting that they likely sleep and dream.
GYObE TIL that in 2005 a Russian private was forced to squat for four hours as part of a brutal army hazing ritual and the lack of blood flow resulted in his genitals and legs requiring amputation sparking public outcry in Russia
neEBY TIL that, in 2009, a wastewater treatment plant in Baltimore suffered an Orb Weaver Spider infestation of unprecedented magnitude. The population was estimated to be over 100 MILLION spiders in over 140,000 cubic feet of web. If this happened in your home you'd have 17 million spiders inside.
80e4 TIL the MLK monument in DC was built by Chinese workers, made out of Chinese granite mined by Chinese slaves, and carved by a Chinese sculptor using a Chinese Social Realist style.