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TIL Mel Brooks wrote the lyrics to the Sherwood Forest Rap

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eWoL TIL that in 2006 baguettes were simultaneously placed on the ground in both Spain and New Zealand creating the first verified ‘Earth Sandwich’
leKA TIL that there is a rare species of Deer that have long fangs instead of antlers.
Z9ND TIL North and South Korean armies choose their physically toughest looking soldiers to have a constant ongoing “stare down” across the Korean border to determine who is more powerful.
6EWY7 TIL that "Xmas" is not only not "taking the Christ out of Christmas" but the term Xmas Dates back to the Original writing of the New Testament, which called Christ "Χριστός" which was then used in the context of Christmas around 1100 AD as the term Xmas, with "X" being shorthand for Christ.
OG9Pe TIL humans are the "most sensitive" to the castor oil seeds: it takes 1 to kill a full grown human, 11 to kill a dog, and a massive dose of 80 to kill a duck. The seeds contain ricin which is roughly 6000 times more poisonous than cyanide.