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TIL Eucalyptus is toxic to dogs

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d895d TIL the Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) is a large bright orange-red colored leech that is endemic to Borneo. It can grow to a length of over 50 cm (20 in). In the comments, this huge flesh-eating leech can be seen ingesting a giant earthworm like spaghetti.
E179V TiL: Farts Can Be Deadly (to Astronauts).
P1OKV TIL about ambigrams which are calligraphic writing of word so they can have similar or different meanings when viewed in different orientations.
OGAQ4 TIL that thermal expansion of ocean water accounts for 1/3 of sea level rise
99WG TIL that in 1982, Wisconsin (of all states) became the very first state in the U.S. to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. Not only that, the law was signed by a Republican governor, who said “there is nothing more private or intimate than those who you live with and who you love.”