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TIL that 20 grams of saffron is a lethal dose.

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7OXL TIL that executioners in the Middle Ages extracted fat from bodies and sold it to doctors. They claimed that ointments made from human fat could treat joint and bone ailments. In 2001, scientists discovered that human fat contains stem cells which can be converted into bone and cartilage.
Bg1db TIL the largest red diamond in the world (the rarest color) was not found by miners but by a farmer. It weighs one gram and sold for eight million dollars.
lLrK TIL building a time machine is believed to be scientifically possible but requires building a gigantic particle accelerator in space, stabilizing space-time foam, plucking out a wormhole, enlarging it and connecting it a gravitational field.
wnp8 TIL from my wife’s Star Trek calendar that the actor James Doohan (Scotty) had a missing right middle finger, which he lost in the WWII invasion of Normandy. Careful camera work meant it was rarely visible in the TV series.
GV5E TIL that Mumbai has an intricate food delivery system that picks up 200,000 hot lunches from wives or moms, delivers them to working men, then returns the containers home again same day.