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TIL that there is a type of honey called Mad Honey that cause hallucinations

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RdVQ TIL That in 1983, an Israeli F-15 was able to be landed after a mid-air collision, which destroyed its right wing. After the incident, the F-15’s producers, McDonnell Douglas affirmed that it was impossible for such a landing to happen, but were corrected after receiving the photos of the event.
yVnj8 TIL: Gavrilo Princep, the man who inadvertently started World War One when he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand was only 19 years-old when he killed the Archduke.
yQgga TIL of Lamar Gant. He deadlifted 5 times his own bodyweight and held the world record bench press. All while having scoliosis.
dDY7j TIL that the scientific name for the genus of gorillas is Gorilla. The species western gorilla is named Gorilla gorilla. The subspecies western lowland gorilla is named Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
eyRD TIL goats have successfully had a gene from a spider introduced via transgenesis so that the goat’s milk can produce spider silk proteins. That protein can then be extracted and spun into silk.