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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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MXgV TIL that the time separating Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus is greater than the time separating Tyrannosaurus and us!
MeX50 TIL that when Parker pens entered the Mexican market, their slogan of ‘‘It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you’’ was mistranslated and so the ad read: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”
ne8ZB TIL that Danielle Steel has sold over 600 million copies, outselling such iconic authors such as Stephen King and J.K. Rowling
b9pR0 TIL that the Shazam app started off as a dial in service where customers dialed from their mobile phone to get music recognised. The phone would automatically hang up after 30 seconds. A result was then sent to the user in the form of a text message containing the song title and artist name.
VBYZZ TIL that the Big Bang theory was first proposed by a Catholic priest