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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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QMaM TIL Googlewhacking is a challenge/activity where you enter two words in the search bar for Google and try to end up with only one search result. There are over 482,000 googlewhacks recorded.
yVDol TIL Underworld's "Born Slippy .NUXX" from the Trainspotting soundtrack had vocals recorded in one take after a night of drinking: Karl Hyde meant it as a "cry for help" from alcoholism, and repeated lines when he lost his place, resulting in the iconic "lager, lager, lager, lager".
KOYDE TIL about Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) - a team of skilled fighters in top physical condition who interpret meteorological data, often in hostile territory, and deliver crucial information to air and ground forces.
rM9w TIL at a soccer match in Brazil in 2013, a referee stabbed a player to death. He was then quartered and decapitated using a sickle and his severed head was placed on a spike on the field.
65LJ TIL that during the film The Big Lebowski, the Dude consumes 12 drinks and smokes 5 joints. There is an entire community of people dedicated to watching the movie and mimicking the consumption of the exact same menu of food, alcohol and drugs. The Dude abides.