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TIL that the creator of Wonder Woman was in a polyamorous relationship and based her Lasso of Truth on his belief in BDSM and “loving submission."

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5Vgxp TIL that Ocean Sunfish are the heaviest bony fish in the world. The heaviest has been recorded at an astonishing 5,100lbs (2,300kg) with an average weight between 545 and 2,205 lbs.
P1nbn TIL of the more than 43,000 different species of spiders found in the world, less than 30 have been responsible for human deaths.
0wNyM TIL the only ski jumping medalist in United States history won his medal 50 years later after a scoring error was discovered.
5mp TIL The English language used to have two extra letters in their alphabet called “thorn” and “wynn”. “J” and “U” only joined in the 16th century
nXAd TIL That the world of Ooo, the setting of Adventure Time, is a post apocalyptic Earth that came to be after a great “mushroom” war. Hence why so many random, destroyed scraps of technology can be found around the land, and most creatures have odd mutations, with Fin being the last human.