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TIL Insane Clown Posse signed Vanilla Ice to their label in 2011

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wLvx1 TIL that some spider species mimic ants and kill them one by one when they least expect it. They have a fake ant head that splits open to reveal deadly weapons.
JYvRv TIL of the McCollough effect, a visual phenomenon which alters perception of horizontal and vertical lines. The effect can last for up to three months, if the viewer looks at the images that trigger it long enough.
4XZg TIL that Canadian triathlete Simon Whitfield consoled a little girl who had been crying for him after he crashed, before tending to his injuries.
De7V TIL Hulda Clark - a woman who believed all diseases were caused by parasites, and sold a 100% cure for HIV/AIDS, Depression, and Cancer - died of cancer.
GbQJ TIL The cannibal people of Futuna allegedly killed and feasted upon the entire population of neighbouring island Alofi in a single raid in the nineteenth century.