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TIL that Human Skin is actually toxic to Earthworms

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OoM04 TIL The hallucinogen found in "magic mushrooms" triggers brain activity patterns that are similar to those seen when someone is dreaming
mxex TIL Toyota Altis ads featuring Brad Pitt were banned in Malaysia after the country’s deputy information minister ruled that Pitt’s handsome appearance may make Malaysian countrymen feel inferior.
b6Ze7 TIL Tracy Chapman a was relatively unknown performer invited to play for Nelson Mandela’s birthday party until, due to technical difficulties with Stevie Wonder’s equipment, she was brought back upstage to play Fast Car, silencing the crowd of an estimated 80,000.
KQw9 TIL that the youngest American serviceman in World War Two was 12-year-old Calvin Graham, U.S. Navy. He was wounded during the battle of Guadalcanal, and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age to enlist. His veterans benefits were later restored by an act of Congress.
ADRKB TIL The First Scientists to examine a preserved Platypus body (1799) determined it was fake and made of several animals sewn together.