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TIL that there are currently more identified arachnid species than there are of all vertebrae combined

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nedkW TIL about The Battle for Castle Itter, near the end of WWII, which saw US soldiers, French POWs, and renegade German soldiers fighting on the same side to hold the castle against an SS tank division.
l7Q8G TIL Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry was asked to write a series called Riverboat, set in 1860s Mississippi. When he discovered that the producers wanted no black people on the show, he argued so much with them that he lost the job
YaRP TIL in Holland’s embassy in Moscow, two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies.
GAYo4 TIL The Philippines consists of about 7,640 islands
6o6X TIL Freddy Kruegur’s Sweater Colors Green and Red Were Chosen After Reading An Article In The Scientific American That Said Green and Red Are Naturally Unsettling To The Eye