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TIL Self-Defense from a Tutorial Created in 1933

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0dpZp TIL that tetrodotoxin (TTX), which makes pufferfish poisonous, may not be made by the pufferfish themselves. TTX is produced by marine bacteria in the natural pufferfish food chain, and pufferfish fed TTX-free diets become non-toxic. When TTX is re-introduced to the fish, they become toxic again.
OG6p6 TIL that 'Off the Derech' is an expression used to describe a departure from a Jewish lifestyle. A 2013 survey on American Jews found that 52% of Jewish adults who were raised Orthodox, were no longer Orthodox.
6mbX TIL that Akon’s full name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam.
x69xk TIL that despite over 30 witnesses to the 1955 murder of Lamar Smith, veteran and Civil Rights activist, in broad daylight outside the courthouse of Brookhaven, Mississippi, no witness - who included the local sheriff - would testify in the case, and so the crime went unpunished
Pmmg TIL OK Go added 35 minutes of Damian Kulash’s sleeping girlfriend at the end of their album “Oh No” in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software.