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TIL that you shouldn’t eat raw taro leaves… but in case you do by accident then a local home remedy is drinking hot tamarind water

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awwXM Short answer: No, but online worlds can really stress you out.
neJYo TIL 536 was the worst year to be alive in the history of mankind
oBWOE TIL that when Victor Vescovo reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest trench in the world, he discovered a plastic bag and candy wrappers at 10,928 metres (35,849 ft.) below the surface, confirming that human-generated waste can pollute even the deepest parts of the ocean
6EmBY TIL that pith helmet was an adaptation of salakot hat native to The Philippines by the Spaniards, later on by other Europeans and eventually became seen as symbol of colonialism
Lkr9p TIL that music can be perceived in a faster or slower tempo - this is due to being in a physiological flow state, music might seem slower when focussed and faster when it's in the background