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TIL that, in 2009, a wastewater treatment plant in Baltimore suffered an Orb Weaver Spider infestation of unprecedented magnitude. The population was estimated to be over 100 MILLION spiders in over 140,000 cubic feet of web. If this happened in your home you'd have 17 million spiders inside.

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epAPb TIL that figure skating and ice hockey were featured events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. At the 1921 Olympic Congress though, it was decided that a Winter Olympics would be created for these events and for snow and ice sports which would have been logistically impossible to hold during the summer.
D1jJg TIL that Thomas Aquinas, in his 'Summa Theologica', wrote that eating breakfast meant you committed the sin of 'praepropere' (eating too soon); it was associated with gluttony and the presumption that these people had lusty appetites.
8a5YZ TIL the Hang ( a pan like instrument) was created in Switzerland and not a caribbean country.
8rRP TIL that The Joy of Painting host Bob Ross developed his quick-painting technique in order to sell paintings inside of old Alaskan gold panning tins on his lunch break. - “I used to go home at lunch and do a couple while I had my sandwich. I’d take them back that afternoon and sell them.”
NX05J TIL in 2002 the Pentagon ran a war game to simulate war with Iran. Marines general Paul Van Riper, playing the defender, sank 19 U.S. ships in 5-10 minutes, including a carrier, several cruisers, and five amphibious ships. He quit the game in disgust after he was ordered to play fair