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TIL there is a plant (Veratrum Californicum) that when eaten by pregnant livestock can inhibit an important signaling pathway and produce cyclopia (born with one eye) in offspring.

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epK6E TIL the word 'genericisation', when a brand name and the product have become so common and popular that it instead comes to represent the entire product category. E.g. Hoover, Bacardi, Tannoy
KO1ww TIL a painting worth over a $100 million, and one of the most iconic paintings of mankind's history was painted by Vincent Van Gogh while he was admitted and kept in a mental asylum. The painting depicts the view he saw from the Iron barred window in his bedroom.
wm7 TIL that football evolved out of mob football, a game played between whole villages, with the goal being to get the ball into the center of the other village. Any means could be used to move the ball, as long as it did not lead to manslaughter or murder.
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OnL6 TIL John Grey, author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”, has his doctorate from a now defunct degree mill, and is divorced from his first wife, who is also a marriage counselor.