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TIL that taro leaves are poisonous when eaten raw

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R6B6 TIL that in 1978 France rolled out a pre-World Wide Web online service that gave its users access to online shopping, search engines, cybersex and message boards. It reached 25 million users in the 90s, connecting to more than 23,000 services.
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