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TIL that Spanish Fly, often believed to be an aphrodisiac, actually causes vomiting, severe gastro-intestinal bleeding, and kidney failure

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XpZr TIL That Dexter Holland (Lead singer for the Offspring) is a candidate for a PhD in microbiology
grmZy TIL: In 2005, YouTube founders asked attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for a $100 reward
mx1JY About a third of our planet’s food goes to waste. That’s enough food to feed the nearly 800 million people going hungry and then some.
XENoD TIL that Stalin struggled with depression and summoned renowned Russian psychiatrist Vladimir Bekhterev to examine him. After the examination Bekhterev said only one word - "paranoiac". He died on the very next day from what most believed was poisoning.
GAklJ TIL Renovation of the historical Battersea Power station in London cost £9bn (USD 10.8bn). It has luxury apartments, hotel, restaurants, and a roof top pool. One chimney has a glass elevator (lift 109) going to the top. Hotel rooms have vinyl record players, and of course Pink Floyd's Animals!