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TIL Murdeous Mary was a female circus elephant who was hanged for killing her trainer

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9w4yM TIL in addition to cows and deer, there are prion-caused spongiform encephalopathies for minks, camels, ostriches, oryxes, nyalas, and cats
GayG TIL there are more trees in the US today, than 100 years ago
m6lR TIL Valve worked with the FBI to set a trap for the German hacker who stole the Half-life 2 source code, offering him a fake job. He was “saved” when German police arrested him instead, only serving 2 years probation
7801X TIL that after Lord Palmerston's death, Queen Victoria wrote that she had never liked or respected him: "Strange, and solemn to think of that strong, determined man, with so much worldly ambition – gone! He had often worried and distressed us, though as Pr. Minister he had behaved very well."
4XxvR TIL of pokeweed berries. Found in our backyard, these berries look like a cross between blueberries and grapes. These berries are dramatically poisonous and can result in respiratory paralysis. Birds are immune to the poison; dogs, humans, and other mammals are not.