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TIL that consumption of the Australian aquatic fern called Nardoo can cause you to starve if improperly prepared. The plant contains vast quantities of an enzyme that obliterates thiamine (vitamin B1), making your body unable to unlock energy from food, even if eating a full nutritious diet.

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rRogM TIL FDR is the only physically disabled person to be US President. Paralysed from the waist down, ramps for his wheelchair were installed at the White House. This was hidden from the public. In speeches he used his head to make gestures because his hands were gripping the lectern to remain upright.
R74Wj TIL Paradoxical Undressing is a phenomenon which is frequent in cases of lethal hypothermia. Before dying, the person undresses as if they were burning up, when in fact they are freezing. People who have died frozen are often found naked and are mistakenly identified as victims of a violent crime
Y77Vv TIL that 83% of radiologists missed a gorilla that was inserted into images of the lungs during a nodule detection task.
b6y1j TIL Despite his short life, 35 years, Mozart was able to influence the classical music scene with more than 800 works.representing every western classical genre of his time.
jWrv TIL that in Japan eating Christmas dinner at KFC is so popular that two-hour lines form at some locations as people wait to get in.