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TIL that blue/green algae kills dogs

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jKOv TIL that OJ tastes horrific after brushing your teeth because of the molecule “sodium layryl sulphate” in toothpaste, which makes your tongue much more sensitive to bitter tastes.
r8Wd TIL Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) threatened Sparta with “if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.”. The Spartans simply replied with “if.”. neither Philip or Alexander attempted to capture the city.
7lkM TIL that in 2002, a Chinese publisher released an unauthorized sequel to the Harry Potter series, consisting of the text of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, but with most names changed to those of Harry Potter characters
78eAP TIL that after the Great Isaiah Dead Sea Scroll was discovered, scholars found over 2,600 small textual differences between it and the 1,000 year younger Jewish Masoretic Text - but the meaning of the texts remained mostly identical
R1Rj TIL in 1911 electric cars were seen as cleaner, quieter, and easier to use than gasoline-powered cars.