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TIL an unknown species of spider makes creepy ass Cabal ritual circles out of silk

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GYKlg TIL when the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov visited the US in 1962, the American press initially portrayed him as affable and polite. But when he said, "I saw neither angels nor God up there. I believe in man," the press quickly turned on him and accused him of spreading "anti-religious propaganda."
GYvw7 TIL during Poland's "Deluge," a Swedish Invasion that virtually destroyed the country, many whole libraries (including the Royal Library) were stolen, put on boats, and shipped to Sweden. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth became an "intellectual desert" and some of these books remain in Sweden.
RBEa TIL When Paypal was started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account, and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them 60-70 million dollars but they had 100,000 costumers in the month PayPal went online
9Md6 TIL Finland was the only country to pay off its WWI debt to the US, and finished in 1976.
GwL1 TIL Cherophobia is the belief that when one becomes happy, something bad will soon occur after feeling happiness.