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TIL that in 1974 a man died from an overdose of carrot juice.

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6ELmY TIL That beyond the 3 states of matter; solid, liquid and gas, there is a 4th state called plasma which is an aggregate of charged ions. Not only does it occur naturally in lightning and on the surface of the Sun it can also be produced in the laboratory.
KONA4 TIL before Judy Garland landed the role of Dorothy Gale, it was offered to Shirley Temple, and Deanna Durbin. Temple would have played the role if her studio let her out of her contract, and Durbin flat out refused the role.
ZpJYB TIL: Pigeons learn via brute force same way as the modern ML does
WA1L TIL the inventor of the Pringles can, Fredric Baur, had his ashes buried in one.
yQMGw TIL infamous Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger was fed LSD daily by the CIA while in prison