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TIL There is a boiling river in Peru that kills everything that falls into it

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kJdlB TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time. When we sleep in a new place, our brains are actually in survival mode, only turning half off, with one hemisphere remaining more “awake” than the other
Oo6ye TIL remains of a human-sized penguin have been discovered in New Zealand. The penguin was more than 5 feet tall and weighed more than 170 pounds.
MePBW TIL That "Coffee Milk", a sweet drink made with coffee syrup or extract and milk, is the official state drink of Rhode Island
8anxa TIL Samuel L. Jackson originally moved to Hollywood because the FBI was tailing him as a violent radical
0W0L TIL in 1993 Jack in the Box caused the most infamous food poison outbreak in contemporary history, 732 people were infected with E. coli, 4 children died and 178 other victims were left with permanent injury including kidney and brain damage.