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TIL that irukandji syndrome, a potentially lethal condition caused by the sting of the box jellyfish, was proven to be caused by the jellyfish by a physician who allowed one to sting himself and his 9 year old son

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b6mRE TIL, there was a suggestion to resettle displaced Palestinians in Chile and Argentina.
6Eow7 TIL that the last president to send their children to the DC public school system was Jimmy Carter.
4Xg5J TIL that the sun and the moon look to be the same size because the diameter of the sun and moon and the distance to earth both share a 1:400 difference, making them look the same size, this has not been seen with any other planet-moon combination
16Dg8 TIL that the Amazon is slowly pirating part of the Orinoco
ZVEo TIL Montezuma’s family received yearly payments from the Mexican government from the 16th century until 1938.