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

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BrR5W TIL that “Duck, Duck, Gray Duck” originated from Scandinavia, and one version of the game that came from Sweden was called, “Anka, Anka, Grå Anka,” translating to “Duck, Duck, Gray Duck.” Minnesotans have been correct this whole time!
9dNG TIL that ending a sentence with a preposition isn’t wrong in English
ggjX TIL in 1954 the Soviet Union applied to join NATO… they were rejected
Me7Vb TIL during WWII the Japanese submitted multiple ground breaking studies to peer reviewed journals they said were conducted on monkeys. In reality they were conducted on humans as part of Japan's infamous Unit 731 projects.
9YAB6 TIL that a Brazilian man announced he would be burying his $500,000 Bentley so he could use it in the after life. After alot of critique about him wasting money it turned out that it was a PR stund for organ donations.