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TIL The lactation consultant from season 6 of The Office is Jenna Fischer's husband in real life

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VM4gG TIL that only two fragments of text predating Christianization in (Old High) German still survive, which refer to pagan beliefs. They are magic spells dating from the 9th century.
G51G TIL in 2008 - before his actual death - 4chan started a prank claiming that Steve Jobs had died of a heart attack. The prank caught so much attention that it actually cause Apple’s value in stock to fall by 10% for a day
WWwd TIL: In Nigeria’s Yoruba culture, the second born twin is the elder twin. The first born twin (Taiwo) is kicked out of the womb by the second born twin (Kehinde) to ‘test’ the world. Kehinde knows it is safe once Taiwo starts crying.
PYmln TIL Jason Sudeikis from SNL is the nephew of actor George Wendt, known for his role as Norm Peterson on Cheers
8eREV TIL the mother of Australian spider species Diaea ergandros allows her babies to suckle blood from her leg joints until she has weakened and (usually) dies. This prevents early cannibalism between the spiderlings, thus resulting in more of the clutch surviving.