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dDxwQ TIL that European aristocrats thought tomatoes were poisonous in the 1700s and nicknamed them "poison apples". In fact the problem was aristocrats used pewter plates and the acid in the tomatoes leached the lead into the food.
a8V10 TIL Some biochemical reactions in human cells would take up to 1 trillion years to complete naturally — about 100 times longer than the lifetime of the universe. Enzymes perform these reactions in 10 milliseconds.
Myr7 TIL that archaeology shows humans living in the Americas long before the formation of the Bering Straight Land Bridge.
4XVea TIL That the United States accidentally destroyed Britain's first satellite after detonating a nuclear bomb in orbit.
oy9Y TIL King Charles VI of France and four lords dressed as wild men in costumes made of oil pitch-covered linen and hemp. His idiot or genius brother thrust a torch too closely in an attempt to identify them, thereby setting the men ablaze. The king was aside flirting with a lady and only he survived.