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TIL that Canada's Stay Alert, Stay Safe campaign, featuring Canada's answer to McGruff the Crime Dog, Bert and Gert the Bunnies, got started because the creator's daughter was the victim of a deadly kidnapping, like with Adam Walsh and Code Adam

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4Yga TIL spiders can’t chew or swallow, so they inject poison into their prey which turns the insides of insect to a watery goop and spider just suck it up.
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