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TIL that celebrating Christmas is punishable by five-year imprisonment in Brunei

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J16rm TIL the Death Camas plant is so toxic that there is only one known pollinator. The plant is visited by a specialist mining bee, which can tolerate its toxins - others are fatally poisoned. One plant species name is Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum ≈ toxic bulb poisonous poisonous.
1aXx7 TIL postboxes in the UK bear the 'royal cypher' (initials, basically) of the monarch on the throne at the time they are installed, and have done since Queen Victoria's reign - meaning you can very roughly ascertain how old a postbox is just by looking at it
WaJo TIL that the raptors’ barking sounds in Jurassic Park were sampled from a recording of a tortoise having sex.
kYRW TIL Samoans are some of the tallest people in the world because they practiced eugenics. The tallest warriors were selected as mates.
6EmwW TIL of the FFF system of units. For example, the speed of light is 1.8026 megafurlongs per microfortnight.