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TIL there is 237,000 tonnes of Arsenic Trioxide frozen in a degrading mine in Yellowknife, enough arsenic to kill the world several times over.

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O794 TIL that Beelzebufo, aka the Frog From Hell, is the largest known frog species to have ever lived. Its diet may have included juvenile dinosaurs.
nQrr TIL Mark Twain, noted abolitionist and women’s rights activist, paid for the schooling of black people, including paying one man’s tuition for Yale Law School.
yVOEe TIL of HMS Glowworm, a British destroyer that rammed its opponent in its final battle, the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, a ship twice its length and ten times its displacement. The CO of Glowworm earned a posthumous Victoria Cross, partially on the recommendation of Admiral Hipper's captain.
Meb67 TIL this yellow-pigmented male northern cardinal is most likely a genetic mutation that renders the pigments the bird draws from foods making it appear with yellow coloration rather than red. This is called xanthochromism; in addition to cardinals, it has also been seen in rose-breasted grosbeaks.
6new TIL A common scam in European cities involves a local who suggest going for a drink with attractive women at a local hotspot. Your “friend” disappears, and you are forced to pay the bill that runs into hundreds or thousands of dollars. The Chinese version involves tea