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TIL some peanut butters contain xylitol, which is toxic to dogs.

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0dYQN TIL that during an assault in the Burma Campaign of WW2 Fazal Din VC was run through by a Japanese officer. He tore the sword from the officer and used it to kill not only its owner but three more soldiers. He died of his wounds soon after returning to HQ, aged 23
4krgJ TIL Casimir Pulaski, Father of the American Cavalry, may have been born female or intersex
NXw6M TIL that a "Silent Man" in the UK repeatedly gets arrested for standing on one road to block traffic. He never speaks a word, not even to paramedics, police, the court, or his own lawyer. Ongoing for more than a decade. Everytime he is released, he repeats the crime and remains completely silent.
a8ryL TIL that Stephen Hawking had to be convinced to drop every equation in the manuscript of A Brief History of Time except for E = mc^2 because supposedly every equation would cut the number of people interested in half.
VGep TIL A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream and his taste buds are insured for $1 million