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TIL A dead snake can still bite and kill you.

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pNPe TIL That 3% of the total power in California is used to grow indoor cannabis.
DQVeD Today I learned that Ludwig IV (*1286-† 1347) was crowned Emperor by the Roman people in 1328 at St. Peter’s Basilica, bypassing the Pope’s authority after being excommunicated, to assert his independence and secure his legitimacy.
rNw6e TIL about fribromelanosis, a rare genetic mutation of hyperpigmentation that all silkie chickens have. This mutation causes their skin, muscle, and bones to be black.
OGK1g TIL Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein (c. 1717 – 1 February 1747) was a Dutch writer, Calvinist clergyman and missionary best known for being the first individual of African descent to be ordained as a minister in an established Protestant church and for his writings on slavery
NXVKe TIL scientists don't know what makes the stones curl across the ice in Olympic curling and despite a number of studies, it remains an unsolved mystery for physicists