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TIL that scorpions are arachnids

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yVxbl TIL Mother Carey is a figure in 18th- and 19th-century English sailor folklore, seen as a harbinger of storms and linked to Davy Jones. The name comes from Latin Mater cara, meaning “Precious Mother.” Sailors called storm petrels “Mother Carey’s chickens,” believing them to be souls of dead seamen.
VBmA0 TIL when making the cover art for Pink Floyd's 1976 album "Animals," a 12-meter large inflatable pig broke loose and floated over Heathrow, causing flights to be canceled. The pig eventually landed in a farmer's field in Kent, scaring the cows.
X0jBP TIL That River Phoenix didn't want to be an actor, he felt trapped in his profession
9wwB TIL that the Catholic Church considers the theory of evolution to be “virtually certain”, and believes that intelligent design “isn’t science even though it pretends to be”.
rRGD4 TIL that rats have been used to locate over 100k landmines and explosives. They're effective because they're too light to trip the mines.