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TIL that because Caffeine doesn't activate the brain's reward system, scientists don't classify it as an addiction

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VMoWp TIL film critic Gene Siskel went to great lengths to show his contempt for the original Friday the 13th movie. He called the film’s director a “despicable creature,” published the address of Paramount’s chairman so people would write hate mail, and spoiled the film’s ending for his readers.
0dy01 TIL there is species of spider named Aptostichus barackobamai, more commonly referred to as the "Barack Obama trapdoor spider"
WkRnY TIL Kazuo Nagano, a fraudulent businessman, was assassinated in front of at least 30 press members. The two assassins announced their intentions beforehand and then slashed Nagano with Bayonets multiple times. The whole ordeal was broadcasted multiple times including much of the gore.
BXvb TIL that teenage groupies of 12 to 16 years old known as The Baby Groupies hung around with, and slept with, rock stars in the early 70s
nwG TIL there’s an octopus that can kill you in one bite - there is no anti-venom