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TIL that there's small amount of nicotine in potatoes and a few other veggies...

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VMLe8 TIL: That in 2012 antifreeze manufacturers agreed to add bittering agents to antifreeze, in order to prevent children and pets from consuming it.
PYyGg TIL the Ancient Greeks considered employment (working for hire) to be degrading, "a necessary evil that took time away from leisure, politics, education, and culture, and had little positive value in and of itself."
oRmxr TIL that Monday kicked off Good Night Lights week in Providence, RI, where each night at 8:30pm residents with a view of Hasbro Children’s Hospital flicker lights in their homes for one minute to signal goodnight to patients there.
EyQd TIL Rob Riggle, (SNL, The Daily Show, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, etc…) is a retired US Marine Lt. Colonel, serving his country for 23 years, deploying to Kosovo, Liberia and Afghanistan.
a1QM TIL men’s tennis players use a different type of tennis ball than women