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TIL there are only two poisonous snakes: the Japanese grass snake and Common garter snake.

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5YbeD TIL Sushruta, the first known plastic surgeon specialized in rhinoplasty i.e. nose reconstruction. This was important in ancient India as convicted criminals and women accused of adultry had their noses amputated as a mark of untrustworthiness. Rhinoplasty offered them a chance to escape the stigma.
5Yb9Q TIL that the first person in recorded history to be killed by a robot was a factory worker at the Ford Motor Company in 1979.
yQXGw TIL Abraham Lincoln wrote poems throughout his life, including this one at the age of seventeen: Abraham Lincoln is my nam[e], And with my pen I wrote the same, I wrote in both hast and speed, and left it here for fools to read
Me6PK TIL Actress Zoey Deschanel has a famous sister, Emily Deschanel from the show Bones
aw0LZ TIL a woman who ordered pizza everyday for 3 years straight was saved by a delivery woman when she failed to place a order for 3 days