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TIL: jumping spiders exist [disturbing content alert]

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ANmD4 TIL Ancient Egyptians created hundreds of thousands of vessels out of stone, from the predynastic period onward. At the start of the Old Kingdom focus shifted away from stone vessels towards other stone-based displays such as pyramids, statues and sarcophagi.
wLKd8 TIL In Texas two parties can legally settle a dispute by fighting as long as they don't kill or seriously injure one another
XEx18 TIL that the Oxford Junior Dictionary removed around 50 words that have to do with the natural world, in order to replace them with more "modern" words for today's tech-savvy children. Some of the removed words include acorn, dandelion, heron, newt, and otter.
9vXp TIL Parks and Rec star Aubrey Plaza was kicked out of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards after trying to steal Will Ferrell’s award during his acceptance speech
EMmX TIL that during filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back the actor playing Darth Vader was instructed to say “Obi-Wan killed your father” instead of “I am your father” in order to hide the secret twist from even the actors until the final movie