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TIL dandelion roots can be made into a coffee-like beverage.

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P1xPL TIL that 15% of all romantic relationships have a partner “stolen”/lured from another relationship. That is, one of the partners has gotten seduced while involved with—and lured away from—their ex-partner.
Oo0X TIL Catholic Priests molesting children was such a problem in the 20th Century, in 1962 the church issued an instruction called “Crimen Sollicitationis”, reiterating another instruction issued in 1922, threatening excommunication for any clergy or victim that made a case public
lmd1 TIL a man once took 25 Fentanyl’s (many people OD off of just one) and jumped off a bridge in an attempt to kill himself. He survived due to the cold water shocking his nervous system keeping him alive.
YpbDv TIL America's first banned book in 1637, the "New English Canaan". The author lampoons and criticizes the Puritans and compares their leadership to crustaceans because Puritans believed that Indians were wild men that needed to be suppressed (among other thing). It's been sold at auction for $60,000
NXxo1 TIL that composer Peter Warlock locked his cat outside so it wouldn't die with him before committing suicide by gassing himself.