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TIL that eating a slug can kill you

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Zobp TIL pineapples used to be valued at $5000, rarely eaten and used as a status symbol at parties
P1X4Z TIL of a cricket match, which was played under timeless rules, that was played between South Africa and England, was abandoned as a draw because the English team had to leave to catch their boat home
oBnpL TIL that Elvis Presley was critical of the Beatles, stating that they “laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy, unkempt appearances and suggestive music”
oBmm7 TIL Mel Blanc smoked a pack of cigarettes a day from age 9. Unsurprisingly, he died of coronary artery disease.
8XO8 TIL the word “gorilla” comes from the Greek word meaning, “a tribe of hairy women.”