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TIL about the us support for 1965 indonesia massacre

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R7Pp6 TIL Emily Osment (Lilly in Hannah Montana) is the sister of Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)
E1G50 TIL that 1 cup (3.5 oz / 100 grams) of raw elderberries contain 3 milligrams of Cyanide - this is 3% of the estimated fatal dose for a 130 pound (60 kg) person. Yet the raw berries are made into syrup and gummies to treat flu and cold symptoms. Theoretically - 7.3 pounds (3,3 kg) can kill you.
yPMa TIL that after WWI, the Australian military started “The Great Emu War” where they tried to cull emus with machine guns… and the emus mostly won.
jNr4n TIL about 'The Cutter Documents' which revealed that in 1980s pharmaceutical companies knowingly sold HIV contaminated blood products to hemophilia patients. It ended up killing many people.
Ome4 TIL that once you become President of the United States of America you can no longer drive on public roads