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TIL: jumping spiders exist [disturbing content alert]

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OGEO7 TIL spotted female hyenas have a pseudo-penis and lack an external vaginal opening
kODOd TIL of Desert Bus, a computer game who's aim was to drive from Tucson to Los Vegas, on real time. This made it an 8 hour trip with no scenery and attention had to be paid as the bus would veer right. One trip between the cities would get you one point.
yQBOM TIL that the emojis in some Twitter hashtags are called “Hashflags”, and it can cost $1 Million and up for brands and advertisers to buy one.
Bgy1k TIL that the 100 aircraft employed in The Battle of Britain (1969) were described as the "35th largest air force in the world"
mx7op TIL the best-selling living author, Danielle Steel, has received "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" for her 179 books. In her romance novels, she draws from her experiences of having been married 5 times to financiers, ex-convicts, and a vintner, and having 9 children.