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TIL that it's reportedly been fairly common in India for people to mistake Ratol rat poison for toothpaste due to its similar packaging, and that this mix-up has led to fatalities.

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9gWr TIL that in 1518 there was an unexplained event called “Dancing Plague” in Strasbourg, in which 400 people danced for days without rest, some until they died.
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.
6ElYJ TIL that there is a McDonald’s located in an 19th century mansion in New York. McDonald’s originally planned to destroy the house, but historians protested and a compromise was made.
QNXaM TIL Heder Lamarr was not only a fantastic actress, but an engineer as well. And she helped developed what would become WiFi.
Gma7 TIL the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard is cemeteries are considered burial grounds while the older term graveyards is considered burial grounds attached to a church.