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TIL that Daddy Long Legs should be notable not for their dangerous venom (an urban legend) but for having evolved what is likely the world's first penis. [Details in comments]

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e0W65 TIL Georgia Tann kidnapped and sold 5,000 babies during 1924-1950. One of those kidnapped children was professional wrestling legend, The ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair.
1apLr TIL Harvard Business School surveyed 182 senior managers in a range of industries about meetings: 65% said meetings keep them from completing their own work; 71% said meetings are unproductive and inefficient; 64% said meetings come at the expense of deep thinking.
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