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TIL that scorpions are arachnids

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XEodk TIL For years an elderly Brazilian woman prayed to what she thought was a figurine of St. Anthony until she found out it was actually a figure of Elrond from Lord of the Rings
LQBr9 TIL that men can actually be allergic to their own orgasms
VBWBp TIL that the "do" in the name Hokkaido is 道 as in "province" or "road", not 島 as in "island" (which sounds similar in Chinese but not in Japanese)
ZDga TIL of Gregory W. Nemitz, a man who in 2000, registered land on the asteroid 433 Eros. The land contained $492 Quintilian worth of platinum. And, when NASA landed a probe on a place on the asteroid that he had called ‘Parking Space 29’, Nemitz sent NASA a $20 parking ticket.
1YyD TIL that there’s a cult in the small island nation of Vanuatu, called that Prince Phillip Movement, that believes that Prince Phillip is a divine being. He once sent a signed picture of himself to them and they sent him a pig killing club.