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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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BPwd TIL that by law, each citizen of Kentucky is required to bathe once each year.
NDEb TIL that Paris is exclusively a twin city of Rome and vise versa. They have the motto “Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris.”
1aMD4 TIL: ANZAC day, April 25, is a national day of remembrance commemorated by 2 nations, Australia and New Zealand, that broadly commemorates all who have served & died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping. the date is the anniversary of the ill fated invasion of Gallipoli, Turkey in WW1
P4WV TIL that entirely poodle teams have competed in the Iditarod
VM56Q TIL Tree experts pointed out a mistake in current Canadian currency. Instead of it's notes featuring Canadian maple leaves, it instead features Norwegian maple leaves. Although, both look fairly similar.