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TIL Peruvian lilies are false lilies and aren’t toxic to cats

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PrJV TIL of the Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy theory, which alleges that the Soviet Union sent two or more men into space before Yuri Gagarin, but their attempts at being the first man in space ended in failure
Zpb4p TIL at a 1991 meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Andrew Lyne retracted groundbreaking results that he had recently released, which detected the first planet orbiting another star. He received "thunderous applause" from his peers for his integrity & the courage to admit his error publicly.
x6yjB TIL that in the UK, the number of women (103,575) who applied to study law at the undergraduate level in 2022 was nearly double the number of men (51,865) who did.
LQvB0 TIL Christian Slater and Bob Mortimer tried to get blueprints for a "reverse toilet", where you have a little shelf. Mortimer's anus is too high for regular toilets, so he needs to take his trousers off and sit on it backwards. It didn't go anywhere and they blew £700
BgnlD TIL that October 23, 4004 BC is the day the earth was created, according to 17th century archduke James Ussher. Happy birthday, earth!