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TIL Maitotoxin-1 is an extremely powerful and potent biotoxin produced by the dinoflagellate species Gambierdiscus toxicus. It has a LD50 of 130ng/kg in mice and it produces one of the most complex and largest non-protein and non-polysaccharide molecules by organisms.

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yQxDw TIL of the "California Nut Crimes", including the theft of 35 truckloads of nuts worth about $10 million between 2013 - 2017.
e89D TIL James O. Richardson pleaded with FDR over his poor decision to centralize the Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, warned of the risks, was fired in Februrary of 1941, only to be proven right on December 7th when the Japanese attacked and sunk it.
4vDw TIL That there is a $2500 fine to own a Kinder Surprise in the US
v16BK TIL that where a girl ties her bow on her dirndl during Oktoberfest means something. To the right means they're in a relationship, to the left means they're single, in the back means they're a waitress or a widow and in the front means they're a virgin.
8e7QZ TIL in the 1950s Temple University and the City of Philadelphia disinterred an entire cemetery to expand Temple's campus and dumped 28,000 headstones into the river