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TIL that there is a mushroom that is safe to eat but can kill you if you drink alcohol afterwards.

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Lw5Q TIL there was a “Fairness Doctrine” that stated that broadcasters had to present both sides of a controversial issue; it was revoked in 1985 under the basis of violation of free speech.
5YYZP TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
v8wR TIL the world is running out of chocolate, and the world’s top producers predict that by 2030, we will have a chocolate deficit of over 2 million metric tons.
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