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TIL That Mary Jane was killed by Spiderman’s radioactive semen.

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d7lB TIL in the Guns & Roses track ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, they weren’t sure how to end the track. While Axl was listening to the loop he was saying to himself 'Where do we go now?’. The Producer suggested they just use that to fill the breakdown.
wovlM TIL moist soil holds significantly more heat than dry soil, making afternoon watering a valid frost-protection strategy for gardens.
N7ex1 TIL elephants bury their dead, can do math, use tools, and see humans like humans see puppies (the same part of their brain lights up when we see puppies; that’s why many elephants stroke humans with their trunk)
vP4ar TIL Flamma, one of the most successful gladiators in his time under the Roman Empire, through great skill & bravery was awarded his freedom four times but refused each time & instead chose to remain a gladiator. He fought 34 times, won 21 of them, fought to a draw 9 times, & won reprieve 4 times.
8eJOZ TIL that in the year 1698 the ruler of Russia, Czar Peter the Great, declared a war on beards.