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TIL Cashews contain Urushiol , the allergen in Poison Ivy that causes dermatitis. It's mostly in the shells, so most people can safely eat properly prepared nuts. In 1982, shell contaminated nuts were sold in a Little League fundraiser, and over 20% of the people who ate them developed a rash.
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TIL There was a Russian surgeon that was in Antarctica when he became very ill. He ended needing his appendix removed, but he was the only Doctor on the team. So he cut it out himself.
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TIL the ‘Balloon Man’ had constipation since he was 2 and died with over 40lbs of feces in his colon. It’s 8ft long and currently preserved at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia