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TIL that avocados are berries, poisonous to most animals, and probably left over from a time when megafauna, large enough to swallow and digest them whole, roamed North America

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Ej9W TIL that at one of Tokyo’s busiest train stations, a rail line was converted from an above-ground line into a subway. There were zero service interruptions. The lowering of the rail line’s tracks into its subway position was done in one night, during its normal service off hours lasting ~4 hours.
JYOB1 TIL of The Golden Age of Porn (1969.-1984.), when pornografic movies were regurarly shown in mainstream cinemas, had high production value and were dicussed by distinguished film critics, including Roger Ebert
ZlQQ TIL In Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if used on TV or in the newspapers.
4Xxxa TIL about "Chewbacca defense", a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor.
gMARA TIL Saint Valentine's Keys are given to offer a cure for epilepsy on Saint Valentine's Day