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TIL that the difference between a healthy fear and clinical phobia is not logic. You can be afraid of anything , like this person who had a celebrity phobia. She was afraid of Hugh Jackman.

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x6oeB TIL until the Eumillipes was discovered in 2020, no species of millipede actually had over 1000 feet
4ZVX TIL the Bugatti Chiron has a max speed of 463 km/h but is electronically limited to 420 km/h
e0GNg TIL The Sharps Rifle was nicknamed "Beecher's Bible" after abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher: "You might just as well...read the Bible to Buffaloes as to those fellows who follow Atchison and Stringfellow; but they have a supreme respect for the logic that is embodied in Sharp's rifle."
neL17 TIL Producer Deborah Forte of Scholastic Entertainment says they were inspired to create the Magic School Bus TV show after learning that many girls and minorities were opting out of science at young ages.
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