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TIL of a Dry Bite, a bite by a venomous animal in which no venom is released due to a number of reasons. The phenomenon can be misinterpreted as evidence for the effectiveness of supposed miracle cures.

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lMEV TIL Kidney beans can be as much as five times more toxic if cooked at 80 °C (175 °F) than if eaten raw
l7GnV TIL Mary Surratt was the first woman to be executed by the U.S Federal Government after being convicted for her alleged involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
JZlV TIL that in 2009, a researcher at the University of Montreal launched a study into how pornography affects 20-30-year-old men but had to stop research because he could not find a single person who had never watched a sexually explicit video
gM6A TIL there are no wild hedgehogs in america
rNWBo TIL about Father Alberto Cutié, a Catholic Priest who was host of radio and TV shows in Florida who eventually became an Episcopalian Priest so he can marry a woman he was caught falling in love with.