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TIL That Eddie Murphy's film, Dolemite Is My Name, is a true story about a real man named Rudy Ray Moore.

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yVj5v TIL after the female black laced weaver spiders eggs hatch and the young grow out of their first moult, she will sacrifice herself and trick her babies into devouring her alive in order for them to survive and grow until they are able to catch their own food.
ADODx TIL That Rage Against the Machine ordered donuts for 300 police officers who protested them outside a show in Massachusetts
nWLG9 TIL scientists uncovered “obelisks,” strange RNA entities hiding in 50% of human saliva, widespread yet undetected until 2024. These rod-shaped structures produce unknown proteins, survive 300+ days in humans, and defy life’s classifications. Their origins and purpose remain a mystery.
KrrB TIL for $170 per person per year, a hotel mogul turned around a rough Orlando neighborhood - cutting crime in half, multiplying property values and raising the high school graduation rate from 25% to nearly 100% by offering to pay full tuition for anyone who graduated and wanted to attend college.
OG7x4 TIL NBA Champion Jason Williams won a national high school basketball championship with Super Bowl champion Randy Moss