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TIL Cassava, which produces an edible tuber and is a staple food in many regions, can cause acute cyanide poisoning if not prepared correctly

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woxWP TIL The first New Year’s Eve ball was dropped in Times Square in 1907. In response to a ban on fireworks implemented that year, an electrician built the ball as an alternative way to celebrate New Year’s Eve. He constructed a wood and iron ball that weighed 700 pounds and featured 100 light bulbs.
7rxGP TIL Hundred Islands National Park, Phillipines, has 124 islands at low tide but only three of them have been developed for tourism: Governor Island, Quezon Island, and Children's Island. The peculiar "mushroom-like" shapes of some of the islands were caused by the eroding action of ocean waves
b698p TIL: A Cat Led A Rescue Team To An 83-Year-Old Woman Who Had Fallen Down A Ravine
P15kL TIL The last words of serial killer Peter Kürten were "Tell me... after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures."
Yp5G7 TIL crowd effects for the gaming arena scene in Tron: Legacy were recorded at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. During a Tron: Legacy panel, the crowd was given instructions to chant and stomp while techs from Skywalker Sound recorded the performance.