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TIL before becoming an infamous preacher, young Jim Jones sold pet spider monkeys door to door for $29

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ZpMGp TIL of the museum infested with the Chilean Recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta), widely considered to be the most venomous of its kind. The museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, is located in Helsinki & no one is sure how the spider, native to South & Central America, came into the museum.
eP0D TIL you can pay a travel agency in Tokyo to take your stuffed animal on a vacation – without you.
DWBp TIL The unofficial word ‘sonder’ explains the thought process you have when you realise that every random stranger, passerby, person is living a life as vivid and complex as your own it is.
rENd TIL Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history.
Z8vYR TIL Chlorox wipes are largely ineffective and need the surface to be wet for 4 minutes to disinfect.