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TIL that Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Joe Walsh of The Eagles and Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis of Devo were all eyewitnesses to the Kent State Massacre.

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4XDB5 TIL: An adult person could die from eating 4-8 raw castor seeds because of a toxin known as Ricin which is 6000 times more poisonous than Cyanide.
Mdv0 TIL Greyhounds are universal blood donors for dogs
YDQr TIL “The Powerpuff Girls” were originaly called “The Whoopass Girls”
0wrbj TIL rice does not need to grow underwater — paddies are flooded to control weeds — Today a System of Rice Intensification is practised in 20 countries that has greater yields, using 30-60% less water.
xVVW7 TIL that in WW2 China flooded the Yellow River intentionally to stop the advance of the Japanese troops