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TIL Poison translates to Gift in German

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a8DAo TIL fish aren’t “real” in the way other life forms are, because they don’t form their own distinctive clade. They are instead “mixed in” the phylogenetic trees of other creatures that cannot be classified as “fish.”
ngpY TIL: For 25 years London, Ontario was the worlds serial killer capital. From 1959-84, as many as six serial killers were active in the city, whose population was only 200k at the time.
rRYvx TIL that 3 months after Robin Williams' death, they discovered that he had a rare brain disease called LBD that was one of the worst cases ever seen.
Yp0Gd TIL that Ajax, the brand of cleaning products, got its name from the hero Ajax in Greek mythology, which is arguably “stronger than Greece”. The slogan of Ajax, the brand, is “Stronger than grease!”
4XbJ TIL that ARTIE, the strongest man in the world, does the voice of KAHN on king of the hill, and he’s not even asian