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TIL that Australia is home to trees which can deliver a fatal sting to humans, the Gympi Gympi tree.

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N8E6 TIL that the Pillars of Creation were destroyed by a supernova 6000 years ago
01GM TIL that in 2011, archeologists in Italy found the buried remains of a couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
JYwVB TIL the disney Pixar movie wall-e angered fat pride groups for its message towards obese people.
bel4 TIL that the “Green Flash” as seen in the Pirates of the Caribbean film is a real phenomenon.
MQ4K TIL All humans are born “premature” because their large brains wouldn’t have fit through the birth canal