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TIL that fenugreek, a common ingredient in curries, can make your urine and sweat smell like maple syrup

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OGVZ4 TIL that in 2020, researchers tried to determine the actual effects of ingesting George's Marvelous Medicine (from the Roald Dahl book), consisting of shampoo, anti-freeze, brown paint, floor polish, and 30 other household items. It would cause vomiting, kidney injury, convulsions, and likely death.
ga7L TIL the Dalai Lama said that if science proves an aspect of Buddhism wrong, Buddhism will change
N7KGP TIL of Jim Haynes, the man who "invited the world over for dinner". As an American living in Paris, Jim had an open-house policy every Sunday evening for more than 40 years, where anyone was welcome at an informal dinner. It is estimated over 150.000 people attended over the years.
DQx1e TIL Tomato sauce (marinara) wasn’t invented until circa 16th century when explorers introduced tomatoes to Europe and southern Italy
9Rpr TIL in 1933, a University of Alabama professor voluntarily allowed a black widow spider to bite him as scientists recorded him suffering in agony for three days. Before this there were skeptics who believed black widows were not dangerous to humans.