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TIL that In the witches scene in MacBeth where they describe a potion needing "eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog" they're really referring to common plants. Respectively: mustard seed, buttercup, holly leaves, and hounds tongue.

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e0B94 TIL on May 25, 2000, Philippines Airlines flight 812 was hijacked by a man who robbed the passengers of their valuables and then asked the pilot to depressurise the plane so that he could jump out. He was pushed by a flight attendant out from the plane and his body was found three days later.
v1oKB TIL Bounty is a candy bar made by Mars and sold in Canada and Europe made with coconut covered with milk chocolate. If this sounds familiar to Americas, it is similar to the Mounds bar except Mounds is made with dark chocolate.
66GJ TIL Bill Murray went into a bar in Austin, Texas with RZA and GZA of the Wu Tang Clan and starts bartending. No matter what anyone orders, he gives them a shot of Tequila.
QAJM TIL Jimmy Buffett has been touring every single year since 1976, giving him 40 total consecutive years of touring.
BD5L TIL that Pee Wee Herman’s father was a WW2 fighter pilot who, along with 4 other pilots and a total of 4 aircrafts, founded the Israeli Air Force and helped win Israel’s independence in 1948.