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TIL that aloe vera is toxic to cats. Ingestion of aloe vera can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain in cats, and in severe cases, can lead to liver damage.

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6QJm TIL the greatest maritime loss of life in US history is not the Titanic, but a steamboat disaster in 1865. After Union POWs returning from the horrors of Andersonville crowded The Sultana on their way home, 3 of the 4 boilers exploded, sinking the ship on the Mississippi river and killing 1,700
R7pL9 TIL that since 9/11 more than 37,000 first responders and people around ground zero have been diagnosed with cancer and illness, and the number of disease deaths is soon to outnumber the total victims in 2001.
6m8Z TIL that “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 1977 and is the biggest-selling instrumental single of all time.
155W TIL two brothers died in NYC in 1947: one was killed by his own booby trap bringing food to his blind/paralyzed brother, who then starved to death in the maze of 140 tons of hoarded items in their house.
BrpLy TIL that the box jellyfish has 24 eyes, two of which are capable of seeing color, and four parallel information processing areas that act in competition. This makes it one of the few creatures to have a 360-degree view of its environment.