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TIL that eating any portion of the human brain can cause Prion disease, which is incurable and comes with a high mortality rate.

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XEAwD TIL that USPS collects all letters addressed to Santa and allows people to “adopt” a letter and fulfill the gift request, helping children in low income situations experience Santa and a Christmas they might usually not
lom4B TIL that the 80s kids show, "Kids Incorporated" is still the longest running show in the history of the Disney Channel at 9 seasons despite having slipped into obscurity. It has not been released on home media, streamed or seen on TV since 1996.
Z8jVB TIL the Latin phrase Magnum Opus, that modernly refers to the greatest achievement of an artist or writer, was first used almost 2,000 years ago to describe the pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary alchemical substance also known as the elixir of life.
4kbro TIL Alexander the Great’s troops marched an estimated 22,000 miles (35,000 km) while conquering from Greece to Egypt to India. That’s almost the circumference of Earth (24,000 miles).
vPOw4 TIL that the Giant Puffball Mushroom has the the most progeny of any living thing. 7 trillion spores. If each of the spores from two generations produced a mushroom they would have a combined size 800 times the size of earth!