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TIL Sacha Baron-Cohen’s cousin is a world famous Autism reseracher

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mx4Mv TIL that stingray injuries are almost never fatal. When Steve Irwin died from a stingray attack in 2006, it was only the second recorded stingray-related death in Australia since 1945.
9wpgQ TIL of BZ, a chemical warfare nerve agent first synthesised in 1952. It has an anticholinergic effect with frightening hallucinations lasting for days, with effects still present after weeks. It is also very easy to overdose on
OODX TIL in Dumb and Dumber (1994), the movie Jim Carrey’s character references as inspiration for ripping off Seabass is actually a reference to Jeff Daniels’ character in Something Wild (1986).
1aRkD TIL Jimmy Carter was the first President born in a hospital.
J1jEj TIL the United Kingdom still has temperate rainforests.