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TIL of Thallium Poisoning. A chemical often used for rat poison that kills slow and painfully through potassium channels. One of the main treatments is to feed the patient Prussian Blue paint

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BrlGb TIL, Sperm whales, the biggest toothed whale on Earth, dont actually have teeth in the top jaw. They instead have sockets in the upper jaw that the bottom teeth fit neatly in to.
wR86 TIL That Many State Prisons in the South (especially Texas) do not have air conditioning.
16Qad Today I learned of the Summer Koshien, a national high school baseball tournament in Japan, which is the most watched sporting event in the country.
WkZB8 TIL The next Mars Close Approach is Oct. 6, 2020, when the Red Planet will be only 38.6 million miles from Earth. Mars Close Approach happens about every 26 months
v1R8L TIL of The McKee Sons, a freighter that ran aground in the Detroit River on Christmas Eve while delivering almost 12,000 tons of coal