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TIL that the Vatican is the only country in the world where you can use an ATM in Latin.

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G744 TIL that over the last three millenia, Tibetans have evolved, allowing them to withstand high altitudes with more success than their ancestors
ZpwEp TIL about spitting spiders, a type of spider that captures prey by shooting liquid silk out of their fangs that congeals on impact. The entire process takes 1/700th of a second.
nW0n9 TIL the late actor Roddy McDowall was raided by the FBI in 1974 for owning hundreds of illegal film prints. To avoid being criminally charged himself, he ratted out other celebrities who had purchased films from bootleggers.