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TIL there are no bridges across the Amazon River

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kJxMe TIL that German chocolate cake was invented in Texas
4kAYN TIL of the “Suicide Plant”. A plant so toxic that the slightest touch causes excruciating pain that feels like “being electrocuted and set on fire” that can last months.
4EnX TIL Mr. Rogers made a point of mentioning out loud when he was feeding his fish after he got a letter from a family whose blind daughter asked him to do so, because she couldn’t tell if the fish were being fed.
x0ob TIL Rip Torn lost his role in “Easy Rider” to Jack Nicholson after a confrontation at dinner. Dennis Hopper claimed he pulled a knife on him. Torn says Hopper pulled the knife. Hopper repeated the story on the Tonight Show, prompting Torn to sue for defamation, winning $1 million in damages
XEOlR TIL when cowboy/actor Slim Pickens (Blazing Saddles/Dr. Strangelove) joined the military during WW2 he stated his profession was “rodeo”, the recruiter heard “radio” and Slim spent the entire war as a radio operator