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TIL Rotting potatoes give off a noxious gas that can knock a person unconscious & even cause death.

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wLbgE TIL The Blue Lagoon Is A Manmade Spa Located Within A Lava Field In Iceland Supplied By Water Used In The Nearby Geothermal Power Station, Also Known To Heal Diseases Such As Rheumatoid, Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis.
ep7pk TIL one of the nicknames of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 'the Titanic of the Great Lakes'. The ship famously sank in a November storm on Lake Superior. All of her 29 crew were lost.
lYAa TIL that in 1916 an amendment was proposed to the Constitution that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. People voting yes would have to register as volunteers for service in the United States Army.
Rry1 TIL William Sokolin paid $519,750.00 for a bottle of 1787 vintage wine which supposedly had been owned by Thomas Jefferson, then later accidentally knocked it over, breaking it and spilling the precious contents on the floor.
7rLLX TIL our calendar skipped 11 days in September of 1752.