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

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wYg6 TIL that President Andrew Jackson was sent a 1,400lb block of cheese. When two years passed and the cheese was still around, he held an open house party at the White House and 10,000 people helped him eat it. Even after it was gone, the stink of the cheese lingered in the White House for years.
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