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TIL that Eel blood is toxic to humans, but both cooking and the digestive process destroy the toxic protein.

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0wp65 TIL In 2002, after performing a full live set, Dream Theater did an encore cover of Metallica's "Master of Puppets." No, not the song. The entire album.
GYWpJ TIL In 1976 Jodie Foster starred in 5 feature films (including Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone & Freaky Friday), winning 2 Baftas, an Oscar nomination, and countless other awards. She was 13 years old.
4XMjw TIL that during the Bengal famine of 1943, Canada, US, and Australia made offers to export wheat to India, but Winston Churchill said India has adequate stocks and instead diverted the food stocks to the Mediterranean to stock up for the Tunisia Campaign. Three million Indians died due to the famine
PYNWV TIL : Forest fires are in some way benefitial for the forest.
QN9GE TIL that in July 2002, Keiko, the orca from Free Willy, was released into the wild after 23 years in captivity. He soon appeared at a Norwegian fjord, hoping for human contact. He even let children ride on his back.