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TIL there is a crab that grows to be bigger than a human being. It’s called… Japanese Spider Crab

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99mQ TIL the Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada, and is the most popular pizza in Australia, accounting for 15% of pizza sales.
b9GjE TIL of remittance men - useless sons of Victorian British upper middle class families being given an allowance by their own family to be as far away from family as possible, typically settling in very remote parts of the British Empire.
Oo00L TIL that the Python programming language wasn't named after the snake. It was named after Monty Python, because the creator was reading Monty Python scripts when he implemented the language.
b9M0a TIL about prehistoric aquatic reptiles and the mosasaurus, they are closely related to modern reptiles rather than dinosaurs and looked like a reptilian shark or dolphin. Also interesting is how these aquatic reptiles, mammals (dolphins), and fish (sharks), all evolved to look as if they’re related.
neJ89 TIL It is estimated that by 2030, most 8-year-olds will have at least one living great-grandparent. But the boom will not last, due to today's trend of delayed childbirth pushing back the age of becoming a grandparent