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TIL birds are unaffected by spiciness.

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d81d TIL if you are 20 years old you’ve lived through over 90 wars.
ADQKn TIL of Baji Rout, a 12 year old boatman shot dead by British Police in 1938, when he refused to ferry them across a river to quell a protest. He is regarded as youngest martyr of India's freedom struggle.
PYvLZ TIL prior to 2002, psilocybin mushrooms were widely available in Japan and were often sold in mail-order shops, online vendors and in head shops throughout Japan; according to Japan's Health Ministry narcotics division, prior to 2002, "You can find them anywhere."
M7o9m TIL the sirens from Homers Odyssey were never said to be actually beautiful, or even mermaids. Instead, they were strange human-faced bird creatures who lured men to their deaths by promising them wisdom and knowledge of the future
RpO6 TIL the character Alex, a character in South Park that appeared once, in the episode Red Man’s Greed, was voiced by Alex Glick who was the highest bidder at a charity auction to benefit AIDS research