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TIL that Jimi Hendrix played guitar for Little Richard

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YaVA TIL that “corny” jokes were originally used to make corn seed catalogs less boring to read
5VDWR TIL Andre the Giant and Haystacks Calhoun once went to an all-you-can-eat restaurant together
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.
R55k7 TIL bacteria that can cause serious harm to humans are able to survive in ice cubes. Common misconceptions are that ice is too cold to harbor bacteria.
jNrpv TIL about ‘the bloody Benders’, America’s first serial killer family. They are known to have killed 11 people between 1868 and 1872, luring each of them into their hotel in Cherryvale, Kansas. They disappeared before their crimes were discovered and were never seen again.