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TIL Spiderwebs use static electricity to reach out and catch insects that fly too close to them

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On7R TIL Elevator Music was created to distract riders from the terrifying sounds of early elevators.
P8AZ TIL That Danny Trejo was “discovered” when he showed up on set to help a friend avoid using cocaine. He was offered a part as an extra if he could “act like a convict”, he said, “well, I’ll give it a shot.” (He had been incacerated at Soledad, San Quentin, Folsom, Vacaville, Susanville, and Sierra)
61J7 TIL US military suicides exceed combat deaths..
wLKbY TIL that in the nation of Papua New Guinea (population 8 million) there are 820 different spoken languages (complete languages, not dialects), which belong to 60 language families as different from each other as French and Chinese
8ePML TIL that, in 2002 a judge concluded a copyright legal battle between Mattel and MCA, over the hit song "Barbie Girl" by Danish Pop band Aqua, with "The parties are advised to chill."