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TIL that masturbation was a capital crime in the Puritan colony of New Haven, Connecticut

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a8wV9 TIL of "Antiaris toxicaria", also known as the "Upas", a tree whose latex is so toxic it is used to poison the tips of blowdarts and arrows in Southeast Asian cultures. It has sometimes been regarded as the most poisonous tree in the world.
VMer4 TIL: since the population of London is greater than the maximum number of hairs that can be present on a human's head, the pigeonhole principle requires that there must be at least two people in London who have the same number of hairs on their heads.
epwGL TIL about "The Pearl": An underground pornographic magazine issued monthly between 1879 and 1880. Its contents were three serial erotic tales simultaneously, devoted to sex in high society, incest, and flagellation. It was shut down by the British authorities for violating standards of obscenity.
rNAAM TIL the “L” in salmon is silent
Zm8p TIL that there was a walled city in Hong Kong that housed over 33,000 people in 0.010 square miles, or about one city block.