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TIL Dagger in Tutankhamun’s tomb was made with iron from a meteorite

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OoAD6 TIL: That the surviving cast members of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (Gavin McLeod, Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman and Betty White ) have an average age of 92.5
KOgp9 TIL that the suicide plant, indigenous to Australia, when touched can cause pain for years. The treatment is to expose the skin to hydrochloric acid. And if the plant hairs are broken off during removal, it increases the level of pain.
p8Pvb TIL that Michigan has a reservoir that works as a giant battery. It pumps up water from Lake Michigan at night using off peak power. When there is high electrical demand the water is released to produce hydroelectric power.
d8Kpd TIL if you start counting at one and spell each number as you go, the letter "A" won't appear until you get to 1,000
p8rnQ TIL the first detailed medical description of Parkinson's Disease is over 200 years old, yet we still don't know what causes it, how to detect it before symptoms show, and there is still no cure.