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TIL Chocolate can be deadly for dogs because it contains theobromine, which they cannot effectively metabolize.

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7nxM TIL During the filming of 1964 film Cheyenne Autumn, the Navajo actors hired to portray the Cheyenne would use crude language instead of the planned dialogue because no one on set spoke Navajo, even making jokes about the U.S. colonels penis in what was meant to be a solemn speech.
a88bZ TIL Dolly Parton had the Robert F. Thomas Chapel built at her Dollywood theme park to honor the mountain doctor who delivered her for a sack of cornmeal.
w8p7 TIL that a woman named Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) was the first to attempt a journey around the world in 80 days inspired by the Jules Verne book. She did it in 72 days, 6 hours, and 11 minutes - a world record.
8emXX TIL that in 1933, U.S. President Roosevelt unilaterally ordered most gold in Americans' private hands to be transferred or sold to the government. Possessing more than 4 oz of gold was penalized by steep fines or up to 10 years imprisonment. Owning gold remained illegal in the U.S. until 1974.
gMeQb TIL of a brawl involving 50 congressmen on the US House floor in 1858. It ended when someone knocked off a man's wig and the man accidentally put it back on backwards, causing both sides to laugh and stop fighting.