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TIL hybrid or "volunteer" squash plants can produce toxic fruit

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EVyX TIL In 2013, a burglar in Oklahoma used the toilet and forgot to flush. He was caught after being identified by DNA.
QJdbL TIL Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes went to the same school and once had a rap battle with each other in the cafeteria.According to an interview with MTV, Busta Rhymes competed with Jay-Z and lost to him. Jay-Z was apparently better than him at that time and Busta was soon out of breath.
16Zw4 TIL about James Miller aka 'The Fan Man' who in 1993 paraglided into a boxing ring during a heavyweight title fight between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe. He paraglided over an NFL playoff game, FA cup football match, and Buckingham Palace. He was then banned from re-entering the UK for life.
8eKDX TIL a federal court case which allowed the US government to destroy a shipment of hazardous toys is named United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls.
X0XmR TIL that there is an ancient ocean under the Appalachian Mts called the Iapetus Ocean that pre-dates the Atlantic Ocean and salt is harvested from it.