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TIL of the “Mother in Law Plant” whose poison hinders your ability to speak

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dDD5d TIL There are 500 Registered "Time Banks" in the United States Where People Bank and Exchange Hours of Service Instead of Fiat
gMg18 TIL Italy built an entire courthouse to prosecute the Mafia. They charged 475 members in a trial that lasted from 1986-1992. To date, it is one of the biggest trials in history.
yQMBp TIL That on November 21, 2012: Following a cease-fire ending fighting with Israel, celebratory gunfire in the Gaza Strip killed a man and wounded three others.
69mol TIL about a short series of Garfield comic strips in Halloween 1989 that depict Garfield waking up in an abandoned house, alone and starving. Jim Davis wrote them “…to scare people. And what do people fear most? Why, being alone.”
b95x0 TIL that there were only three people in the United States were qualified to pack the parachutes for the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Their skills were deemed so vital that they couldn't ride in the same car together as an accident would cripple the space programme.