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TIL there's a global average of ~131 spiders per square meter.

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XdGD TIL a die hard football fan ran onto the field during a game and was sentenced to serve his jail time during the Super Bowl. He was also ordered not to watch or listen to the game.
6E6Am TIL: Science recognises Ouija Boards users are "moving the planchette involuntarily" and a when answering "yes or no questions, ouija use was significantly more accurate than guesswork, suggesting that it might draw on the unconscious mind" and the users enter a "dissociative state".
OGXyR TIL that Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time as an FBI Most Wanted fugitive. After escaping prison and robbing a bank, Bryant murdered 2 FBI agents, earning him a spot on the Most Wanted list. He was found hiding in a neighbour's attic only 2 hours later.
oR77Y TIL that Hans Zimmer was in The Buggles historic "Video Killed The Radio Star." He's the keyboardist in the black jacket.
QNj7d TIL that James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway were drinking buddies in 1920s Paris. Joyce, who was small, weak, and had poor eyesight, had a habit of picking fights and then hide behind Hemingway, shouting, “Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!”