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TIL in Australia there is a stinging plant so painful that can drive a man to suicide.

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DOwD TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger used to participate in orgies with other bodybuilders in the 70’s as “having chicks around is the kind of thing that breaks up the intense training .. afterward you go back to the serious stuff.” He was antihomophobic, claiming that gays and bodybuilders faced stereotyping.
p8kve TIL The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.
yQ7aa TIL that Professor X and Magneto were based on MLK and Malcolm X, respectively.
rRKxw TIL celery was a very popular food in the 1800s through early 1900s. It was the third most popular menu ingredient in New York City restaurants, behind coffee and tea. Celery cost more than caviar because it was so hard to cultivate in those days.
1JRW TIL Pope Benedict IX was Pope three times, sold the papacy, was the first resignation, and had homosexual orgies in the Lateran palace