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TIL that Venus flytraps are native to North and South Carolina, not tropical rainforests.

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wLWaP TIL The European colonization of America caused a minor cooling of the world due to the decimation of the native population. An estimated 55 million native Americans died due to disease, famine and direct violence.
6ZXm TIL Strychnine poisoning can cause Opisthotonus, a severe spasm and contortion of the body that makes the person curl backwards.
wojgJ TIL The first recorded steel cage wrestling match happened between Jack Bloomfield and Count Rossi in Atlanta, Georgia June 25th, 1937. The cage was a circular chicken wire structure.
m9wR TIL that, since Romans used daylight and darkness to determine time, an hour was 45 minutes in the winter and 75 in the summer
Dlxg TIL of Betty Pack, she was described as “the greatest unsung heroine of the war” and perfected the “honey pot” technique to get information during WW2.