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TIL that if you have a birch pollen allergy you may also be allergic to peaches

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OM44 TIL that even today, 68 years after the end of WWII, barely a week goes by without an unexploded bomb from WWII being found somewhere in Germany.
N758Q TIL research suggests playing Tetris can give a “quick and manageable" fix for people struggling to stick to diets, or quit smoking or drinking.
RGd9 TIL the stunt coordinator of Deliverance felt a canoe scene with a dummy in it looked too phony. After reshooting the scene with himself in the canoe, Burt Reynolds, coughing up water and nursing a broken coccyx, asked how the scene looked. The director responded, “like a canoe with a dummy in it.”
PYZrJ TIL Britain bought the freedom of all the slaves under its Empire at a cost of 40% of the treasury income which wasn't paid back till 2015 to ensure the freedom of slaves. 5% of GDP at the time which is aorund 100 Billion pounds today)
J051 TIL that Goldeney 007 for N64 only had 9 developers on the team, and 8 of them had never worked on video games before.