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TIL grapes are poisonous to dogs.

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awKAM Today I learned you're not supposed to rinse right after brushing your teeth, but actually wait a few minutes.
p8oAp TIL that there's a cave in Romania that had been sealed off from the outside world for 5.5 million years and scientists have discovered dozens of unique lifeforms thriving in the poisonous gases and water.
nee09 TIL Wilfred Owen, WWI poet and author of 'Dulce Et Decorum Est', was gay.
5VJR8 TIL In 1875, a whiskey warehouse in Dublin caught fire leading to the deaths of 13 people - only none of the deaths were from the fire itself. Rather, it was because the people responded by lapping up streams of undiluted whiskey running through the streets, killing them via alcohol poisoning.
9YEkp TIL that the current record holder for the tallest pure timber structure in the world is The Mjøstårnet Building, located in Norway. It stands at 85.4 m (280 feet) tall. Buildings having mostly timber structure are called plyscrapers although they are not as tall as steel or concrete skyscrapers.