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TIL of BZ, a chemical warfare nerve agent first synthesised in 1952. It has an anticholinergic effect with frightening hallucinations lasting for days, with effects still present after weeks. It is also very easy to overdose on

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GAZZG TIL Puffins Spend Almost All Their Time at Sea in the Winter
ddr9 TIL that Mark Twain published two dime novels, Tom Sawyer - Detective, and Tom Sawyer Abroad, to cash in on the popularity of pulp fiction and Jules Verne-style science fiction, some two decades after the title character’s debut
9w5MG TIL that former West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood holds the unique distinction of being the states youngest and oldest governor. He was first elected in 1956 at the age of 34, decided against running in 1960, and then successfully ran for a second term forty years later at the age of 74.
boeQ TIL that Gladys O'Connor, the crazy tour guide from Billy Madison, just missed out on being on the Titanic and lived to be 108 years old
PaBV TIL: China has a National Pole Dancing Team