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TIL before the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress called the Thirteen Colonies the "United Colonies"

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PkYV TIL The world’s most venomous spiders are the Brazilian wandering spiders which has the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. These large and highly aggressive creatures often enter human dwellings and hide in clothing or shoes. When disturbed they bite furiously several times
Me5b TIL there was a “lost” tribe of Pintupi Aboriginals who first saw a white person in 1984. At their first meeting, the white man invited them into a Toyota and went for a joyride in the desert while listening to Australian rock band Midnight Oil.
R7xMj TIL that after a storm hit a cargo ship in 1997, nautical themed Lego pieces are still being washed up on beaches in Cornwall, UK to this day.
Z5Jo TIL Hallucinatory ‘voices’ shaped by local culture. In the U.S.A., voices are harsh and threatening while those heard by schizophrenics in Africa and India tend to be more benign and playful.
PYN9G TIL Super Saiyans in Dragonball Z have blonde hair because the author didn't want his assistant to waste so much time coloring their hair black