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TIL there is a type of spider that was named after Angelina Jolie because of her work with the United Nations refugee agency

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mmBv TIL: A turtle’s penis is, in fact, shaped like a turtle. [NSFW]
1aZE8 TIL that in an attempt to enforce Prohibition, the Prohibition Bureau began adding poison to industrial alcohol to prevent its consumption, killing between 10,000 and 50,000 people. This was supported by people like Wayne Wheeler, who argued that the victims had committed suicide by breaking the law
KLJQ TIL that NASA has a plan if astronauts “Lose It”, and that plan is to tie them up with duct tape.
GEmQ TIL pornography is legal in the US even though prostitution is not, because it is illegal to pay one explicitly for sex, but the participants in a film/photo are paid to act and are protected under the first amendment to take part in sexual acts as part of the act.
X0oP6 TIL that, for legal reasons, in the years near 1900, New York saloons served inedible sandwiches with alcohol.