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

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GAD91 TIL that Aimo Allan Koivunen was a Finnish soldier in the Continuation War and the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on methamphetamine during combat. He escaped Soviet forces, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, after having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi).
m1kOv TIL Norovirus, the most common gastrointestinal illness, is not killed by alcohol-based hand sanitizers
66el TIL If an atom were as big as the Solar System, a neutrino would as small as a golf ball.
rx9e TIL that in 2013 a woman was fined for taking her horse into McDonald’s. She was initially refused service while in the saddle in the drive-through lane
loQBN TIL that a comedian/magician Tommy Cooper died live on television in front of millions of viewers. The audience was laughing while he was having the heart attack - thinking it was part of his performance.