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TIL In 2002, a man from Tacoma, WA was knocked unconscious in a mugging and woke up a mathematical genius

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v1KmL TIL about China's biggest drug bust. A 'Breaking Bad' village in China that had 77 Meth labs and 20% of the villagers involved in the production and supply of more than a third of China's Meth output. The local police protected the operation and used police vehicles to move drugs around.
neExb TIL Despite the myth that has been circulating for decades, fish do feel pain and do show the capacity to suffer from it.
LDDZ TIL Ty Cobb’s father suspected his wife of cheating. He hid behind curtains hoping to prove it and she shot him dead thinking he was an intruder
oRoK7 TIL that hiccups may reflect our amphibian ancestry. The neural mechanism controlling hiccups closely resembles the breathing pattern generator in tadpoles, which helps them breathe through gills while keeping water out of their lungs.
1JnP TIL avocados are poisonous to birds, cats, dogs, rabbits, and basically ALL pets.