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TIL The Cone Snail, fairly common, is among the most venomous creatures on earth

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X0jE8 TIL that in 1876, residents of Bath County, Kentucky, experienced a bizarre phenomenon known as the "Kentucky Meat Shower," where chunks of meat mysteriously fell from the sky, covering a 100-by-50-yard area. Scientists speculated various causes, but the exact reason remains a mystery.
V7eZ TIL Sir Hugh Beaver, of the Guinness Breweries, got into an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe. There was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records and questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland. Guinness World Records was born.
4XVLN TIL the last words of American murderer Robert Alton Harris. “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper.”
9wvJr TIL Confucianism was introduced to Japan near the end of the third century when Wani from Korea sent the Confucian Analects to Emperor Ōjin. Japanese militarist rulers regarded Confucian teachings as a way to emphasize a common East Asian cultural heritage
644W TIL That in 1967, medical researchers at a Vermont state prison conducted an experiment where they had inmates gain up to 25% of their body weight in return for early release. For some of the volunteers, it was impossible to reach their target weights, despite eating up to 10,000 calories a day.