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TIL Warner Bros. threatened movie theaters with blockage of future posters if they showed a parody movie of Harry Potter

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gMokX TIL of a plant known as the "Suicide plant" (also called Gympie-Gympie) which is common in the north-eastern rainforests of Australia. Brief contact with its silica-tipped hairs can penetrate the skin causing extremely painful stinging which has been said to last from months to years
8aZBV TIL at an Alabamian church in 1902 someone yelled "there's a fight!" The congregation instead heard the word "fire" and began to attempt to escape. In the ensuing stampede 115 people were killed.
ayk0 TIL that the Colorado River has rarely actually reached the ocean for decades, all the water gets used or evaporates.
rNpWd TIL the largest school in the world is a private Montessori school in India with over 60,000 students
PYO1L TIL Hayao Miyazaki withdrew from retirement for the 7th time and announced he was making a film so that his grandson knows that ‘Grandpa is moving onto the next world soon but he is leaving this film behind because he loves you.’