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TIL broccoli and cauliflower can breed, producing broccoflower

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OGya4 TIL Ohio State University trademarked the word “the”
Wv94 TIL that mercury use in hat-making, which causes “Mad Hatters Disease”, was banned in France in 1898, However the practice continued in the US until 1941, despite 80% of hatmakers being diagnosed with “mercurial tremors”, until it was abandoned due to the wartime need for mercury.
Wk5XL TIL that crocodiles and alligators are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards or snakes.
wLrwo TIL that in 2019, a mammoth tusk hunter found a perfectly preserved 32,000 year-old wolf head
Yp0OW TIL There are no laws against cannibalism in the United States. However, laws against murder, battery and desecration of corpses make it impossible to eat someone legally.