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TIL that hay and straw are different things

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8aVLZ TIL of the death of Don Henry and Keven Ives, who were hit by a train as they lay on the tracks. The deaths were initially ruled an accident as a result of the boys sleeping on the tracks due to marijuana intoxication. The cause of death was changed to "definite homicide" after a second autopsy.
gMlEW TIL that during China's one child policy, 324 million Chinese women were pressured into being surgically fitted with contraceptive devices and 108 million were sterilized
nelwB TIL that Texas scrapped the last meal tradition for condemned inmates after one of James Byrd Jr's killers died without having touched his enormous request
X5DE TIL 92 percent of Afghan men never heard of 9/11
VMgWZ TIL the 'Destroying Angel' mushroom, if consumed, creates an unusual sensation called a 'walking ghost' phase, where the victim doesn't feel sick, but damage to their cells is irreversible and they almost certainly die