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TIL Glass fiber dresses were a fad for a few years in the 1890s, and the NYT even predicted they’d be more popular

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x6Xao TIL in the movie Arachnophobia, the largest spider was a bird-eating spider they named Big Bob, after Robert Zemekis. Big Bob was adopted by a crew member named Jamie Hyneman, who went on to host Mythbusters. The little ones were controlled using a hairdryer and lemon pledge spray.
QNkOe TIL of the Mathematical Bridge in Cambridge, which is the subject of an urban legend claiming that it was designed by Isaac Newton using no nuts or bolts.
7bZp TIL Ivar the Boneless killed a rival Viking leader by snapping his ribs at his spine and pulling them out so they resembled wings, then wrenching the victim’s lungs out through the gaping cavity in his back. This particular method of execution became known as the Blood Eagle.
oBZp7 TIL Chuck E. Cheese's offers "Sensory Sensitive Sundays" for children with Autism and other special needs
Jvp1 TIL that in 1925, climbers from Colorado found out that there was a 140m gorge between the peak they hit and the summit they aimed for. It was named Disappointment Peak.