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TIL that SCOBYs used to make kombucha contain more protein than eggs at 18%. They can be substituted for squid in sushi.

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MNw8 TIL Saudi Arabia promotes practice of marriage between close relatives which has produced high level of several genetic disorder including thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, spinal muscular atrophy, deafness and muteness.
G8r5 TIL of Officer Norem. He responded to a call about a suicidal man trying to jump over the overpass fence into the traffic below. Noren grabbed the guy’s leg and refused to let him go - even when the suicidal man took out a knife stabbed Norem several times, he still held on until help arrived.
YpEoP TIL the seeds of the Abrus precatorius plant contain the toxin abrin. Abrin is fatal at just 1/75 the dose of ricin. Abrin has an LD50 of 0.56 μg/kg in mice, and Kingsbury lists a toxic dose in humans at 0.00015% body weight, or approximately 0.1 mg for a 150 lb human. One chewed seed can be fatal.
VMoYG TIL that a lawyer had his client sit in the stands and had a similar looking friend to sit where the defendant usually sits, so that when pointed out the witness would pick the wrong person getting his client off free
Jx5k TIL that in Indian elections no voter is expected to travel more than 2km to a polling station. This sees an entire team setting up a full station for a single voter in the Gir forest.