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TIL consumption of a polar bear's liver can cause hypervitaminosis A. In severe cases, it can cause full-body skin loss, leaving the underlying flesh bloody and exposed

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ln6A TIL that pig rectum is almost indistinguishable from calamari, and is sometimes secretly used as a substitute or sold as “artificial calamari”.
NX0X1 TIL about actor Doug McClure, who was the inspiration for The Simpsons' character, Troy McClure. McClure's daughter said that while watching an episode of The Simpsons, Doug saw the character Troy McClure on the show and said, "Are they making fun of me?"
dO1Z TIL: Nazis destroyed Germany’s largest institute focusing on human sexuality in 1933 that studied and advocated for Gay and Transexual rights, burning their extensive library and research as it was deemed “Un-German”.
m6xR TIL that grocery cashiers in the US are seldomly given chairs to sit during work (unlike in Europe).
Wxe4 TIL that the city of Melbourne, Australia was founded after the signing of BATMAN’s Treaty and was once called BATMANIA.