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TIL that despite having a reputation for deadly wildlife there has only been one confirmed death by spider bite in Australia since 1979

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XvG6 TIL the son of the voice actor who played the demon in ‘The Exorcist’ killed his entire family and then himself
kvn7 TIL there was a pirate named Black Caesar, he was an African tribal war chieftain, enslaved and escaped. He later went on to build a powerful piracy ring, where he kept a harem of over 100 women, and later served as a chief lieutenant on Blackbeard’s ship “Queen Anne’s Revenge”
D1BaD TIL Ireland's air force only has 8 turboprop engine combat planes armed with rockets and machine guns.
X0G8E Today I learned example.com is a reserved domain owned by IANA , created in 1999 (RFC 2606). The domain was set aside to provide an example name that doesn’t conflict with real domains. It can’t be sold or transferred and is a globally recognized placeholder for tutorials.
JyLQ TIL that legally, New York state considers burritos to be sandwiches