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TIL that the poison in false morels, a type of mushroom, is metabolized into rocket fuel

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dPd7 TIL Sign language is not universal. There is about one sign language for each spoken language (and, for example, American English’ Sign Language differs from British English’ Sign Language).
Br5OD TIL All pandas are owned by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1 million per year each for a minimum of 10 years.
kOMjW TIL the allies had plans to assassinate Hitler in 1944, but decided against it because they considered him to be less competent than anyone who might have replaced him (likely Himmler, Bormann, Goebbels, or Goering). He made enough strategic mistakes that it was probably better to keep him around.
ZpxXa TIL Before toilet paper, people used corn husks, sea sponges, and even a scraping technique with seashells after using the bathroom.
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