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TIL there's a chain in New Zealand called "The Mad Butcher" whose catch phrase is "you just can't beat the Mad Butcher's meat".

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OG9Pe TIL humans are the "most sensitive" to the castor oil seeds: it takes 1 to kill a full grown human, 11 to kill a dog, and a massive dose of 80 to kill a duck. The seeds contain ricin which is roughly 6000 times more poisonous than cyanide.
yQylX TIL that although Blue Whales have the overall largest hearts and Giraffes have the largest of land animals, Dogs have the largest heart in proportion to body size
PYpAL TIL of Red Cell, a team led by the original commander of SEAL Team 6 to test the security of government installations. Red Cell would sneak into military bases, steal classified information, kidnap high ranking officers and admirals, and even plant bombs near Air Force One.
Z48R TIL that while in a spin, a pilot ejected from his plane only to watch his unmanned F-106 recover from the spin and land safely in a field.
aYeb TIL in 1962 a Montreal Canadiens fan tried to steal the Stanley Cup from a display case in Chicago. He was arrested and reportedly told the judge he was trying to bring it back to Montreal “where it belonged.” He was fined $10.