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TIL Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous because the acid in the tomato caused their pewter plates to leak lead into their food

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Yn0P TIL L. Ron Hubbard’s book “Battlefield Earth” stayed on bestseller lists despite being critically panned because The Church of Scientology had members purchase thousands of copies, some going so far as to repeatedly buy the same copies
e0LpE TIL John Cleese refused a knighthood honor as he said the naming of a species of Wooly lemur (Avahi cleesei) was a greater honor.
RGRa TIL A virus is not technically alive or dead, just a chemical chain of molecules
ne8JW TIL that Plato’s name is actually a nickname that means ‘broad’. It was given to him on account of his handsome, robust and well-built figure while he wrestled under the tutelage of Ariston of Argos.
X0AW8 TIL Yasushi Takahashi left behind his girlfriend for six months to wander across Japan to create an epic marriage proposal. Carrying a GPS, Yassan covered 7,163.7 km mostly by walking, but with some use of a car, ferry and bicycle.