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TIL that taro leaves are poisonous when eaten raw

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4X4B6 TIL snails have blue blood due to the lack of iron, they used copper instead to transport oxygen.
kOA71 TIL it's estimated that 1.2 million horses and mules died in the Civil War...twice the number of human casualties.
4eJN TIL America’s first female self-made millionaire was a black woman
aw4eM TIL that the Dutch East India Company is considered the world’s first multinational corporation. It was a “company-State” that over its 200-year history, had stockholders, occupied territory, minted currency and even tried/executed prisoners.
GO1J TIL one hectare of land (2.471 acres) producing vegetables, fruit , and cereals, can feed up to 30 people. The same area, if used to produce meat, could feed between only 5-10.