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TIL avocados are poisonous to birds, cats, dogs, rabbits, and basically ALL pets.

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WmB TIL that the wage inequality between men and women is hardly a result of gender discrimination.
4DZo TIL that one reason Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate birthdays because the only two accounts of birthday parties in the Bible ended in murder.
rRo7w TIL There's a mountain in Australia named Mt. Disappointment because the explorers were unimpressed with the view at the top.
4XReg TIL that the last survivor of the Crimean War, which ended in 1856, died in 2004 at the age of 160. She was a female tortoise named Timothy who was a mascot for several British naval vessels during the war.
Y5Yv TIL a sugar rush is a placebo effect. Sugar doesn’t cause hyperactivity