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TIL that the strongest chilli in the world can kill you by burning up your airways, and it was initially developed as a local anesthetic

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OoA9a TIL about a man that taught himself how to pick the "unpickable" lock boxes of pay phones. He stole an estimated $500,000 in quarters from phones in 30 states, taunted the FBI, and was featured on America's Most Wanted twice. After getting caught, he had to pay back $800.
4X61R TIL all proceeds made by Bad Wolves' rock cover of "Zombie" are being donated to the children of Dolores O'Riordan, the late singer of The Cranberries.
Me9dB TIL The only copies of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Beowulf" are unique manuscripts that came from the same private library -- both were nearly destroyed in a fire in 1731,
KODB TIL that we’re not just splitting atoms. In Switzerland they’re experimenting with splitting electrons too.
04o1 TIL Pat Robertson and several others who incorrectly predicted various dates for the end of world were jointly awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for “teaching the world to be careful when making mathematical assumptions and calculations”