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TIL that toxicology researchers analysed "George's Marvellous Medicine" from Dahl's book in 2020, and, predictably, found out that George would have murdered Grandmother. The ingestion of the Medicine, even from the censored 2023 edition, would cause "kidney injury, convulsions, cardiac toxicity".

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LkxVP TIL of the ancient law of General Average. If a ship carrying cargo is required to jettison some of its load to save the rest, the loss of the cargo is to be shared proportionally among interest holders. First written in law in 800BC, it continues to be declared in present-day maritime emergencies.
e0GBL TIL Chadwick Boseman Took A Pay Cut To Get '21 Bridges' Costar Sienna Miller Paid Her Worth.
vK1x TIL: The USA imports more crude oil from Canada than it does from the Middle East!
xV1rw TIL that the American Sign Language for “pasteurized milk” is the sign for “milk” while moving your hand past your eyes
M7MOb TIL From 1778 to 1871, the United States government entered into more than 500 treaties with the Native American tribes - and violated every single one.