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TIL The reason "Baywatch" filmed sequences in slow motion is because they were short on money to finish the shows

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xVpK1 TIL an unknown species of spider constructs Stonehenge-like structures out of silk
ylZp TIL that after Abraham Lincoln was called out for refusing to indicate whether or not he wanted to go Heaven or Hell he said “"I did not come here with the idea of being singled out, but since you ask, I will reply with equal candor. I intend to go to Congress.”
KO1Ya TIL that in 1980 a tabletop RPG based on the TV show "Dallas" was created. It was not successful.
78wnZ TIL that before the PB&J sandwich was invented, peanut butter was originally originally paired with savory foods like Worcestershire sauce & cheese
VMW9p TIL of Trish Vickers, a blind author who wrote 26 pages of her first novel without realising her pen had run out of ink. The local police force used their forensic lab to find the missing words, and the book was published on the day of her death.