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

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wLLZ1 TIL that when Prince Carl of Denmark was offered the throne of newly independent Norway in 1905, he refused to take it unless the Norwegian people agreed that they wanted a monarchy rather than a republic. He won the resulting referendum with 79%, and became King Haakon VII.
9dKQ TIL that Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting a condom on fire for “extra light”.
oR4mo TIL music therapy can be used to help combat depression and heal trauma, and listening to music has been shown to reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure and decrease stress levels
Z8Pbv TIL Superman co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and he had been greatly impressed by Toronto’s vitality and size. In creating the Metropolis skyline, Shuster drew on his fond memories of Toronto, which he continued to consider more beautiful than Cleveland, where he later lived
6VXl TIL that not until after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that it was a Federal Crime to murder the President of the United States