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TIL Daddy Long Leg spiders are more closely related to ticks than spiders.

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oeJA TIL that in 1941, a British physicist guessed the major technical specifications of a Nazi bomber radio guidance system based solely on its code name, “Wotan”, and created effective countermeasures before it was even deployed.
k0be TIL murderers in medieval Ireland were given to the deceased’s family as slaves if they failed to pay a hefty fine to buy their freedom. The family could then legally kill the murderer themselves.
VDRD TIL Chicken used to be flavorful by itself, but we made it taste like nothing.
v1Em4 TIL Hans van Meegeren is a master forger known as a national hero in the Netherlands for selling his fake art to Nazis during WW2. After the war, people believed the paintings were real, and he was charged as a collaborator. To prove his innocence, he painted a new forgery at his trial. It worked.
EnL7 TIL Canada is the most educated country in the world.