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TIL that not only that the snake from Bullet Train is a real snake, but the venom is actually slow-acting(the side are the same though)

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1AO7 TIL in 1998, a splinter group of the IRA called in a bomb threat for the courthouse hill in Omagh, N. Ireland. The police evacuated people 400m to the bottom of the hill where it was thought to be safe, however, this spot was the REAL location of the bomb; 29 people died, 220 were injured.
l7X7K TIL Water lilies grow up from the bottom of the pond like normal plants.
0OQL TIL Tom Hanks was asked how he wanted Michael Conner Humphreys (Young Forrest) to speak so that there was continuity from young Forrest to grown up Forrest. Instead, Tom decided to imitate Humphreys’ thick Mississippi accent, and thus the iconic Gump accent was born.
WkKON TIL that there is a street that is split down the middle by the USA-Canadian border, aptly named Canusa street. People who live in houses on the south side of the street are in the USA, and the north side, in Canada. Crossing the street requires having to report to the border crossing office.
6E64Q TIL about the Shope papilloma virus, a virus that can cause rabbits to grow "horns" on their head. This may have led to the myth of the jackalope