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TIL - Catfish (Siluriformes) are the vertebrate order with the largest number of venomous species

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0LKy TIL After the Amish schoolhouse shooting by Charles Roberts in 2006, members of the Amish community attended the shooter’s funeral in a show of forgiveness.
1408 TIL When Prince and Weird Al sat in the same row at an awards show, Prince’s management company demanded that Weird Al refrain from making eye contact
W71l4 TIL that for centuries, British people considered cucumbers too vile to be eaten by humans. But their opinion changed when Queen Victoria’s family started eating them. Cucumbers became really popular. A British engineer even went as far as inventing a glass tube which straightened curvy cucumbers.
eKMJ TIL that due to climate change, the island nation of Kiribati is rapidly sinking into the ocean. The Government has already started buying land in other countries for its people, and is urging citizens to evacuate.
N7JeN TIL: In 1961, 152 Black Cats Tried Out For The Title Role In The Movie Adaptation Of Edgar Allen Poe’s 1843 Short Story The Black Cat