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TIL Brazil Nuts May Lead To Selenium Poisoning

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JYrmQ TIL: Mexico had a complex legal and racial caste system. Art referred to as "casta" paintings were seen as a way to "codify racial groups"
5WJR TIL that the guitarist on Joe Cocker’s “With A Little Help From My Friends” is Jimmy Page
EKAx TIL Samuel Jackson is the actor with the highest grossing film total of all time.
nARB TIL Alexander the Great, upon being refused a prophecy from the Oracle at Delphi about his ambition to conquer the world, dragged her out of her adyton by her hair until she exclaimed, “You are invincible, my son!” He then dropped her and left, stating, “Now I have my answer.”
kOyEm TIL of the 2003 Congo Air Disaster, when upwards of 200 people were sucked out of the plane to their deaths when the cargo door failed.