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TIL There’s a plant in Australia that can kill you if you touch it!

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Xg8 TIL Yellowstone was the world’s first national park, and sometimes called “America’s best idea.”
E1690 TIL the Bon Jovi song “August 7, 4:15”’was written about the strange death of his tour manager’s daughter who was just 6. She was found at the side of the road just a few houses away from her house. Her cause of death was blunt force trauma but what killed her remains speculation today.
P1gRL TIL beryllium used to be called glucinium since French chemists noticed it tasted sweet
OG0VY TIL that sharks don’t make sounds. Across 400-500 species, no one has ever found an organ even capable of producing sound.
oBxXR TIL women in the early 1900’s would stab catcallers with their hatpins