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Today I learned chicken pox doesn’t come from chickens.

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KOpr4 TIL Joseph Stalin originally trained as a priest in an Orthodox Spiritual Seminary. He at first achieved high grades, but later lost interest, declaring himself an atheist. He was known to stalk out of prayers, refuse to doff his hat to monks, and was confined to a cell for his rebellious behaviour.
6ER4m TIL that 2000 year old date seeds that were found in a historic mountainside fortress were planted in 2005 and sprouted a sapling
KYOOG TIL famed novelist Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days whilst visiting Africa
awPbM TIL that Finland's air force still uses swastika symbol as unit emblems, unit flags and decorations even on uniforms.
a8vPM TIL that the world's most poisonous mushroom is the Death Cap which is very common in Britain. It contains the toxin amanitin and is responsible for 90% of all deaths by fungus. They resemble other edible mushrooms such as the paddy straw. There was no known antidotes for death cap poisoning.