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TIL 90% of the pumpkins grown in the U.S. are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois

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x8Bw TIL violin strings have been made from 5000 strands of spider silk. They produce ‘a soft and profound timbre’ when played
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ADoDw TIL of Karl P. Schmidt, a herpetologist who documented his own death after he was bitten by a juvenile boomslang snake. He made detailed notes on the symptoms he experienced, almost right up to the end. He died 24 hours after the bite, bleeding in his lungs, kidneys, heart, and brain.
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