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TIL Spiders can travel in jet streams at altitudes exceeding 16000 ft above sea level

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wLd56 TIL that the motto, "In God We Trust," is not the original motto of the United States. During the Cold War, it was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism.
PYQBL TIL Dr. Seuss' widow disliked 'The Cat in the Hat' (2003) so much that she banned Hollywood from making Live Action movies of Seuss characters
7rxV7 TIL that there was a Soviet spy in Congress from 1923 to 1945. Congressman Samuel Dickstein of New York was a paid agent of the NKVD, the precursor to the KGB. While in Congress, Dickstein helped to establish an "un-American activities" committee, which he used to attack suspected communists.
KYQoR TIL that a study on 'strategic ejaculation' found that heterosexual men ejaculate more quickly and produced higher quality ejaculates (volume & total number of motile sperm) when masturbating to unfamiliar women.
5BkB TIL that if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, it would appear six times larger than a full moon.