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TIL grapes are toxic to dogs?!

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mQNO TIL in 2013, the largest known discovery of buried gold coins, valued at $10M, was found on a couple’s private property in rural California. Known only as John and Mary, the couple has no idea who buried the coins, and they remain anonymous to prevent treasure-seeking trespassers.
v1LPD TIL that after selling KFC, Colonel Sanders started a new restaurant in his wife's name using the same recipe's, was sued by KFC's parent company, and actually settled out of court decisively in the Colonel's favor.
AnRd TIL: Chloroform takes up to 5 minutes of constant inhalation in order to cause someone to lose consciousness. Counter to what movies and TV want you to believe.
GKLN TIL Howard Stern originally wanted to title his autobiography “Penis” so NY Times would have say “Howard Stern’s Penis is a best seller.”
x6M0k TIL Robin Williams improvised so much during the recording of Aladdin that the Disney team had over 16 hours of material, and his performance was deemed ineligible for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.