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TIL there’s a garden in the UK dedicated to plants that are deadly & can kill you. It’s only available to visit by booking a guided tour & people have fainted walking around due to the fumes that some plants give off. It’s classed as the most dangerous garden in the world & holds over 100 plants.

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j6erp TIL in 2005 pro golfer John Daly sued a Florida newspaper for saying he failed “the scoundrel sniff test”. The case was thrown out because Daly couldn’t disprove any of the statements made in the article.
rR7MM TIL that the 1980s pop song 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' was banned from being broadcast on the BBC between 1990 and 1991 because it was feared to have anti-Gulf War themes
P1aee TIL The depiction of the Buddha as human comes from the adoption of Greek art in Greek Bactrian and Indian kingdoms. The earlier Mauryans depicted the Buddha as a symbol in their art.
4Xglb TIL In 2011, after their home was incorrectly foreclosed upon by Bank of America, a judge ordered the bank to pay the couple's legal fees. When it failed to pay, the couple successfully foreclosed upon the bank.
R7AJ1 TIL of Porajmos, Nazi Germany’s and its WWII allies’ effort to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against Europe’s Romani people. Later research cited by Ian Hancock estimated the death toll to be at about 1.5 million out of an estimated 2 million Roma.