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TIL that the moment Beck said: "Render my illusion suit." to William, that's where the duo started recording the video of Mysterio framing Spider-Man for the Elementals and Europe/Mexico attacks and exposing his identity before he dies, serving as a last contingency and so it was sent to the Bugle.

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OGO87 TIL that antivenom is made by injecting large animals like horses or sheep with non-lethal doses of venom until the animal builds up a sufficient immune response to the venom. The animal’s blood is then collected and antibodies to the venom are extracted and isolated to create purified antivenom.
re0y TIL that when one hermit crab finds a bigger shell, a gang of them will sometimes form a “vacancy chain” in which they queue up from smallest to largest and all move one shell up.
XYd8 TIL Vin Diesel is an avid player of Dungeons & Dragons, and has been playing for over 20 years. While filming xXx, he had a fake tattoo on his stomach with the name of his D&D character, Melkor.
XE8aD TIL about Nasal Cycling; the unconscious, natural partial congestion and decongestion of the nasal cavities resulting in greater airflow through one nostril--periodically alternating between the left/right nostrils every 1-3 hours.
X0BDD TIL that in 16th to 18th century Scotland, horses got to help with the execution of horse thieves. The pin holding the guillotine blade in place above the condemned horse thief was tied to a horse with a cord, so the blade would fall when the horse took off running.