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TIL violin strings have been made from 5000 strands of spider silk. They produce ‘a soft and profound timbre’ when played

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dAEK TIL New York City is turning its old payphones into “time machines:” Pick up a payphone, call 1-855-FOR-1993 and hear a story, about what that neighborhood was like 20 years ago.
XEoyk TIL the creator of spongebob is dying of ALS
M4lA TIL: New Zealand has an official wizard
Oo1ge TIL Mushrooms are the only non-animal food with Vitamin D and their vitamin D levels can be increased by placing them in the sun, just like humans
EbkP TIL that someone did a nutritional analysis on Crayola crayons, which contain 8g fat and 150 calories.