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TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin".

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e07Mn TIL that tons of wreckage from the USS Arizona, removed during Memorial construction in 1962, were dumped on the ground in Waipio Peninsula near Pearl Harbor, and remain there today.
my4R TIL that non-identical twins can have different fathers
KYAR TIL that during a duel-related brawl, Jim Bowie got shot, pistol-whipped so hard the gun broke, and impaled with a sword cane. With the sword still in his chest, he disemboweled his attacker before getting shot and stabbed again by someone else. He lived and went on to fight at the Alamo.
yEWp TIL that ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ was renamed 'The Man Worth Millions’ when airing on Israeli TV because of the association between “six million” and the Holocaust
xkjb TIL in ancient China, an enemy held the Emperor’s father hostage, threatening to boil him alive … his response was “Send me a cup of the soup.”