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TIL Australia's flora is so advanced that it doesn't kill you but can get you to kill yourself

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VBwGZ TIL that traditional lacquer is made w urushiol sap, aka the rash-causing toxin in poison ivy & poison oak. In fact, "urushi" (as in "urushi-ol") is the Japanese for the Chinese lacquer tree (also toxic) & an English word for lacquerware. They all fall in the genus Toxicodendron, or "poison tree".
xVvDb TIL in 2014 original "Top Model" winner Adrianne Curry fended off an attacker with a bull whip while dressed as Catwoman at San Diego Comic Con
R67 TIL the NAACP was created by Jews in 1909, and that it didn’t have a black president until 1975.
ypNV TIL Astronauts on Skylab 4 staged a mutiny after feeling that they were being worked and pushed too hard. They reportedly spent their day off relaxing and taking in the panoramic views of Earth from orbit.
mxRZv TIL Jimi Hendrix' entire mainstream career lasted merely 4 years, ending abruptly with his death in 1970.