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TIL The Alnwick Poison Garden is the worlds most deadliest garden; home to 100 of the most poisonous plants.

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lox6G TIL the 1992 Super Bowl halftime show was so bad that a huge number of viewers switched to FOX's In Living Color and never switched back. This led to the NFL booking bigger and better talent for the halfime show, starting with Michael Jackson.
VMAZm TIL the casting director for "Parks and Recreation" called Michael Schur and said, "I just met the weirdest girl I’ve ever met in my life." He met with her and she made him feel very uncomfortable for about an hour. Aubrey Plaza was cast as April.
dD9rj TIL My chemical romance started there band because of 9/11
1Rg7 TIL that the “sleep” in your eyes when you wake up helps seal your eyes in an air tight fashion when they are closed; prevents tears from spilling onto your cheeks; and helps keep tears that coat your eyes from evaporating.
9wD67 TIL 1800's Whaling Sailors had a cannibal protocol called "the custom of the sea" for dire incidents.