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TIL that spider legs build webs without the brain's help. 🕷 🕸

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BrVLr TIL of the term "paraprosdokian" - a figure of speech in which the latter part of a phrase is surprising in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. An example would be Mitch Hedberg's famous one-liner "I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long."
m1OZx TIL Pace picante uses 25 million pounds of jalapeños each year
R7bgl TIL a coconut crab can grow up to 1m in length, actually cracks open coconuts with its claws, and can't swim.
8eRrX TIL the "heart burial" coincided with the Crusades where, rather than sending a whole body back for burial, they just transported the deceased’s heart preserved in lead or ivory boxes, often with spices to keep it from smelling too much.
yVK7e TIL there is a variant of Pool with bumpers like in pinball & 2 holes instead of 6