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TIL that the chemotherapy drug Paclitaxel, used to treat breast cancer (amongst other things) is a plant alkaloid derived from the "Happy Tree"

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rRrW4 TIL fine sugar particles are extremely flammable. So much that they caught a silo on fire in Georgia, 2008. The fire reached about 4000 degrees Fahrenheit.
kVBe TIL there is a movie called “Gayniggers From Outer Space” that has an IMDB rating of 6.5/10
v19GK TIL the 'Fake Shemp' - using one actor to fill in for another - is now prohibited by Screen Actors Guild rules, as a result of a lawsuit filed by Crispin Glover over his replacement in Back to the Future II
wJRW TIL a man who became paralysed after a motorcycle accident gave money raised for an operation that could allow him to be able to walk again to a young boy who suffered from Cerebral Palsy so the boy could take his first steps.
D1LYj TIL India and Pakistan fought a war in the mountains at over 20,000 feet in altitude (6,000 meters) in 1984