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TIL of Aphonopelma johnnycashi, a Tarantula species discovered in 2015 near Folsom Prison California named after Johnny Cash, whose song, "Folsom Prison Blues", made it famous. The males of the species are usually black coinciding with Cash's nickname "The Man in Black".

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95M7 TIL illegal Sardinian Cheese, its illegal since the cheese is made from goats milk that is fermented in a a newborn baby goat’s stomach. The baby goat is killed, its milk filled stomach is then hung up for months while the milk hardens into cheese, and then serve with a knife.
PnvE TIL the inventor of the electronic television, Philo Farnsworth, only appeared on tv twice in his life. One time he was on a gameshow and won $80 and a carton of Camel cigarettes.
xVv45 TIL of Season Shot - a Shotgun shell containing spices and seasoning that seasons a duck on impact.
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V0w4 TIL There is an Island in the Bahamas Inhabited Only by Swimming Pigs