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TIL Gerard Way (lead singer of My Chemical Romance) is Joe Rogan's second cousin.

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X0RZ6 TIL that green or sprouted potatoes (often called “evil potatoes”) contain a toxic compound called solanine, which can cause nausea, vomiting, and confusion.
R78J7 TIL of Vasily Blokhin. He was the Chief Executioner for the Stalinist NKVD. He holds the world record as the "Most Prolific Executioner" with 7,000 recorded executions in 28 days.
b6L5N TIL that in 2007 on a trip to Paris, Prince Harry had his driver go through the same tunnel his mother Princess Diana died in at the same speed her car was going at the time, in an attempt to find closure for her death. He described the attempt as ill-conceived, saying it only brought him more pain.
aNRN TIL: There is a name for a belief system where you simply don’t care if there is a god or not
EgE5o TIL that the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora wiped out an entire civilization: it killed all of the inhabitants of the island of Sumbawa, resulting in the extinction of their culture and language. The remains of their town, which had about 10,000 residents, were rediscovered nearly 2 centuries later.