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TIL parakeets are not neraly as dangerous as vending machines!

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NOe6 TIL there is a hotel in Japan that opened in 705 AD and has been operated by 52 generations of the same family to this day
v1NEj TIL that Hawaii's first queen's first time running the country was marked by a smallpox outbreak and that the decisive action she took to stop the spread (closing all ports) drew the ire of rich sugarcane plantation owners and eventually lead to the coup that overthrew her.
xVelB TIL Roly polys or Pill bugs are actually crustaceans and have gills
wO18 TIL All carrots were purple before the 17th century
R7L5Q TIL Scientists think Neptune has an ocean of slushy ice that's almost as hot as the sun. [Scientific link provided, but images of how I actually learned in the comments]