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TIL that beans are poisonous if not cooked properly

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a8gZo TIL that Steve Kerr named his son Nick
ZE6v TIL the saying “cut of one’s jib” is because in the 17th century, the shape of the jib sail often identified a vessel’s nationality, and hence whether it was hostile or friendly.
gMBN8 TIL that in 1916 soldiers with a femur fracture had an 80% chance of dying. The introduction of the Thomas Splint reversed this statistic, giving soldiers with the same injury an 80% survival rate by 1917.
N7Ld6 TIL about Xenophon Zolotas, a Greek scholar and politician, who gave two speeches in English to the IMF using nothing but Greek loanwords.
QJg9E TIL Necco Wafers are America’s oldest candy and has been made in New England since 1847. They were originally called “hub wafers” and were carried by Union soldiers during the Civil War