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TIL the Quran says do not blow yourselves up.

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dGj8 TIL that in the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White the Evil Queen wanted to eat Snow White’s organs and was forced by the newly crowned Snow White to dance to death in red-hot iron shoes in the ending.
QJPRe TIL rabbits will sometimes jump up in the air while twisting and contorting their bodies simply out of pure joy. These are known as “binkying.”
1aR8r TIL that just about 90 years ago, humans believed that there's only one galaxy (ours) that's surrounded by infinite dark space. Today we know there are at least 400 Billion galaxies, some visible to the naked eye.
4XWv5 TIL that Ellen degeneres once called Steve jobs directly about the font size of iPhones, stating that it makes it more challenging for her to read.
ADK0n TIL when threatened, a Tomato Frog puffs up its body, the frog's skin secretes a thick substance that numbs up the predator's eyes and mouth, causing the predator to release the frog to free up its eyes.