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TIL grapes are toxic to dogs?!

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Z8Q4v TIL In a 1915 federal case against "fancy mixed nuts" that were argued by competitors to be an inferior grade, the court declined to accept a trade standard, saying: "...such a vague and indefinite standard... to establish by the testimony of men engaged in the business of handling nuts."
GYpXQ TIL an acronym is ONLY when you pronounce the abbreviation as a word (e.g. SWAT). Otherwise it is known as an initialism (e.g. FBI).
Ol9g TIL that the ancient Spartan warriors were encouraged to have homosexual relationships with one another, the theory is that (in battle) they would fight harder to protect someone they loved.
0k1 TIL that Fidel Castro recommended to the Kremlin a harder line against Washington, even suggesting the possibility of nuclear strikes. The pressure stopped after Soviet officials gave Castro a briefing on the ecological impact on Cuba of nuclear strikes on the United States
9YYYm TIL when James Brady’s surgeon was informed of the media’s announcement that Brady had died in the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, the surgeon replied, “No one has told me and the patient.”