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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.

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pY4BG TIL that Monster Energy Drink (est 2002) has sued over 130 companies over use of word Monster, including Pokémon (est 1996) and Capcom’s Monster Hunter Franchise and successfully forcing Ubisoft to change its game title from Gods & Monsters to Immortals Fenyx Rising.
rRDmx TIL the band Genesis' debut psychedelic rock album "From Genesis to Revelation" was a huge flop, selling only 650 copies, mainly because record stores incorrectly placed the album in their "religious" section
R5e1l TIL a Puerto Rican customer claimed to have been poisoned when a snapper fish they bought and ate had a tongue eating louse inside it.The case, however, was dropped on the grounds that isopods are not poisonous to humans and some are even consumed as part of a regular diet.
DQLgY TIL of Eva Saxl, a type 1 diabetic who ran out of insulin during WW2 and made insulin from water buffaloes. It saved the lives of over 200 people in the Shanghai Ghetto.
6EdXl TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.