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TIL A fatal dose of caffeine is 113 cups of coffee, but you’d die of water poisoning first.

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XEy9X TIL the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is the world's largest producer of lentils; Canada produces 33% of the world total (and Saskatchewan has over 95% of the national total); the next country is India with 25% of the global production
kJljm TIL there's a professional field called "Sexology" - the scientific study of Human sexuality, interest, urges and behaviours
KY0aQ TIL: TLC was the first all-female group to sell 10 million copies of an album - CrazySexyCool. But they weren't cool about making $50,000 each for the album while the record company got $75 million. So, they held Arista Records President Clive Davis hostage until the NYPD intervened.
a844y TIL from 1907 to 1934, Newfoundland was an independent dominion
xVxwB TIL that Louis Armstrong, an influential jazz figure, didn't receive formal musical training until he was arrested for firing a pistol at age 11. In there, the music teacher, Peter Davis, taught him how to play the bugle and cornet. In retrospect, Louis said that was when "me and music got married."