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TIL the leaves of the Australian Gympie Gympie plant are covered by hollow glass needles filled with a neurotoxin. The sting can last for years and is so exquisitely painful people have killed themselves after being stung.

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v1vBK TIL The infinite monkey theorem was tried by putting a computer in a monkey cage. "Not only did the monkeys produce nothing but five total pages largely consisting of the letter S, the lead male began by bashing the keyboard with a stone, and the monkeys continued by urinating and defecating on it."
wBxo TIL ice, water, and water vapour can coexist under a specific conditions known as the triple point. Ice also has 17 separate phases.
1a9nW TIL that in the 1950s, Denmark conducted a social experiment and abducted 22 Greenlandic Intuit children, assimilating them into Danish culture. More than half died before reaching adulthood.
7rEVr TIL: Feral Wallabies can be found in France, not far from Paris
0wj4A TIL That in the US you need a license to become a plumber. On average, it can take 4-5 years for an apprenticeship or 7-10 years for becoming a Master Plumber.