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TIL that standing near a Gympie-Gympie Tree can cause hives and nosebleeds, while touching one causes a severe pain "like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time." The pain can last up to two years.

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4X8Bg TIL of chimp Frodo who beat up Jane Goodall, fathered a baby with his own mother (and also ate a human baby)
jNKEM TIL that during the recording of the title track for the James Bond film "Thunderball" Tom Jones held the final high note for so long that he fainted in the recording booth.
e07Rk TIL that 1986s Howard the Duck box office failure lead the films producer (George Lucas) to be so badly in debt that he had to sell he just-launched computer-animation division to his friend, Steve Jobs of Apple.That same year, Jobs renamed the company to Pixar.
ANpd7 TIL the band WAR, the first black band booked on the Sunset Strip, Why Can't We Be Friends is about the absurdity of judging others based on our differences. "I don't judge you by your name, your color, or your money. I judge you by whether or not you're an exemplary person."
QJ6JL TIL that 87 men died on the Potomac after two ships collided while searching for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.