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TIL not all parts of a spider web are sticky. Only the silk used for the intricate catching spirals are dotted with glue, so spiders know which areas to avoid

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4kvMX TIL the "Nutrition Facts" label on packaged food sold in the US is regulated by the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, which was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
kO8Ae TIL the band Boston, the album and the hit single "More Than a Feeling" were all created by one person, Tom Scholz, mixing tracks in his basement. The actual band was formed later to play the songs live.
d8yLQ TIL of Gef, an apparent spirit that haunted a family on the Isle of Mann in the 1930s, which took the form of an 'extra extra clever' 'ghost in the form of a mongoose'.
aw0wo TIL that the voice actress that played Snow White, Adriana Caselotti, was forbidden by her Disney contract from appearing in films or on radio or television because it would "spoil the illusion of Snow White."
oB6R7 TIL The Beatles' first use of studio trickery was on the first song on their first album, "I Saw Her Standing There." Their producer George Martin used an 'especially spirited' count-in from take 9 (“One, two, three, FOUR!”) and spliced it onto take 1, which was the take used on the album.