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TIL in 2014 researchers in the U.k developed an app called, "Spider in da house", which helped identify house spiders. They discovered the peak month of spiders moving indoors is September and most are males seeking mates.

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1aoND TIL that HIV/AIDS used to be called "the 4H disease" by the CDC since it seemed to affect mostly Homosexuals, Haitians, Heroin users, and hemophiliacs. The disease was also called GRID by the media, which stood for gay- related immune deficiency.
d8v1j TIL the Army’s 4th infantry division is called the “Ivy Division”, because the Roman numeral for 4 is IV
1al9V TIL the Honeycrisp apple was thrown away by the University of Minnesota research team and rescued from a trash pile by one of the researchers.
5VVD TIL that Neptune has only completed one orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846.
x6aP0 TIL: That in the Battle Of Athens TN (1946), veterans rebelled against corrupt local government